Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening the father of Lindt Cafe siege survivor Joel Herat at a Burwood gym.
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Cr Mehajer has also been served with a personal violence order and will appear in court next month over the intimidation charges.
Police confirmed they had issued a court attendance notice hours after news broke that officers were having trouble locating the 29-year-old.
Broadcaster Ray Hadley had encouraged any listeners who had spotted the deputy mayor or one of his expensive cars to phone in the location.
Shortly afterwards, Cr Mehajer took to Facebook to criticise police for "continuing to make a fool not only of themselves, but of our country", claiming his "BRAND NEW" $250,000 Mercedes G63 AMG was incorrectly issued with a defect notice.
Cr Mehajer told Fairfax Media in an email that his wife Aysha was behind the wheel at the time. "She was told to walk home and leave the car behind," he said.
Asked whether he had spoken to police, Cr Mehajer said: "No documents have been served on me."
That changed by early afternoon when police said in a statement they had "served a 29 year old man with a future court attendance notice for the offence of intimidation".
Intimidating a person or their child is punishable by up to two years in prison in NSW, or a $5500 fine, or both.
"He'll appear at Burwood Local Court on the 19th of November this year," the statement said.
Following the police statement, Cr Mehajer told Fairfax Media he was not personally served and "I have left this in the hands of counsel" before noting the court notice was to "answer allegations".
"I will remain patient with such, as eventually, justice will be served," Cr Mehajer email said.
The matter relates to an incident outside Anytime Fitness gym on Railway Parade, Burwood, on September 16.
Cr Mehajer was allegedly involved in an altercation with Bruce Herat, who works as a personal trainer at the gym, after Mr Herat asked him to stop dropping weights on the gym's floor.
NSW Police confirmed at the time they had received a report of an incident on September 16 involving two men aged 29 and 52 in which a number of alleged threats were made.
After following Mr Herat to his car, Mr Mehajer allegedly confronted the 52-year-old, saying: "Don't you know who I am?" Channel Seven reported last month.
"I'm Salim Mehajer," he allegedly continued. "I'm going to take this further, I'm going to find out where you live and have your kids kidnapped."
The deputy mayor denied the claims in a written statement to Channel Nine, announcing he planned to sue the gym and Mr Herat for $10 million in damages.
Thursday's court attendance notice is the latest in a string of legal battles being faced by the controversial deputy mayor, who rose to national prominence when his lavish wedding shut down a Lidcombe street.
It also comes just days after he announced his prime ministerial ambitions in a bizarre stage-managed interview on Channel Nine.
"If brains were dynamite, he wouldn't blow his ears off," Hadley told Today host Karl Stefanovic in response to the interview.
But when it comes to the Facebook post about his Mercedes and its side exhausts, Cr Mehajer may have a point.
David McCarthy, PR manager for Mercedes Benz Australia, said that, although many police officers assumed the car's side exhaust was illegal, "it actually isn't".
"The vehicle is certified under the Australian Design Rules," Mr McCarthy said.
"Assuming that it hasn't been modified, then those side exhausts are 100 per cent compliant."
