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The Municipal Judge shall be the judicial officer and shall hold within the City a court known as the Municipal Court for the City of Hood River. All areas within the City shall be within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The municipal court has original and exclusive jurisdiction over every offense that an ordinance of the City makes punishable. The court may enforce forfeitures, penalties and other provisions that ordinances of the city prescribe. The Municipal Judge may render judgments and impose sanctions on persons and property within the court's territorial jurisdiction to enforce the judgments rendered. The Municipal Judge may order the arrest of any person accused of an offense against the City and may commit any such person to jail or set bail for the release from jail for anyone accused of such offense. The Municipal Judge may issue and compel obedience to subpoenas and compel witnesses to appear and testify and jurors to serve in trials before the court and issue any process necessary to effectuate judgments and orders of the court; penalize contempt of court; issue search warrants and perform such other judicial and quasi-judicial functions prescribed by ordinance. When not governed by ordinances or this charter, all proceedings in the municipal court for the violation of city ordinances shall be governed by the laws of the State governing justices of the peace and justice court.