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(7) An alleged weight violation that is contested shall be tried as a civil case. The attorney for the City shall represent the interests of the City. The disposition of the case shall be recorded in an appropriate order, a copy 0fwhich shall be sent to the Department of Transportation in lieu of any record that may be otherwise required by the Code of Virginia. If judgment is for the City, payment shall be made to the court and forwarded to the city treasurer and allocated to the fund appropriated for construction and maintenance of city streets. Sec. 22-271.2. Special overweight seizure provisions; penalty. (a) Any law enforcement officer authorized to serve process or weigh vekicles under the provisions of this article may hold an overweight vehicle without an attachment summons or court order, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly petition for an attachment summons to attach the vehicle. (b) After finding reasonable cause for the issuance of an attachment summons, the judicial officer conducting the hearing shall inform the operator of the vehicle of his option to either pay the liquidated damages, civil penalty, weighing fee, and processing fee, or contest the charge through the attachment proceeding. If the operator chooses to make payment, he shall do so to the judicial officer who shall transmit the citation, liquidated damages, civil penalty, weighing fee, and processing fee to the city treasurer for use by the city for the construction and maintenance of streets within the city. (c) The city shall not be required to post bond in order to attach a vehicle pursuant to this section. The officer authorized to hold the overweight vehicle pending a hearing on the attachment petition shall also be empowered to execute the attachment summons if issued. Any bond for the retention of the vehicle or for release of the attachment shall be given in accordance with ~ 8.01-553 of the Code of Virgiuia except that the bond shall be taken by a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall return the bond to the clerk of the appropriate court in place of the officer serving the attachment as otherwise provided in § 8.01-554 of the Code of Virginia~ (d) In the event the civil penalty, liquidated damages, weighing fee, and processing fee are not paid in full, or no bond is given by or for the person charged with the weight violation, the vehicle involved in the weight violation shall be stored in a secure place, as may be designated by the owner or operator of the vehicle. If no place is designated, the officer executing the attachment summons shall designate the place of storage. The owner or operator shall be afforded the right of unloadhag and removing the cargo from the vehicle. The risk and cost of the storage shall be borne by the owner or operator of the vehicle. (e) Whenever an attachment summons is issued for a weight violation, the court shall forward to the Virginia Department of Transportation both a copy of the order