Section 15-20-3 Courts to forward records of convictions to Director of Public Safety. - Alabama Statutes

Section 15-20-3

Courts to forward records of convictions to Director of Public Safety.

(a) Every court having jurisdiction of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 15-20-1, or of violations of any municipal ordinances proscribing like offenses, shall cause to be forwarded to the Director of Public Safety a record of the conviction in such court of any person of any of the offenses.

(b) For the purposes of this chapter the term "conviction" shall mean a final conviction; however, forfeiture of bail to secure a defendant's appearance in court, when such forfeiture has not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a conviction.

(Acts 1967, No. 506, p. 1220, §3.)