Order by court to surrender license to Department - Report of conviction.

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A. Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this title makes mandatory the revocation of the driving privilege of such person by the Department as provided in Section 6-205 of this title, the court in which such conviction occurred may require the surrender to it of all driver licenses then held by the person so convicted and the court shall thereupon forward the same together with a record of such conviction to the Department.

B. Every court, including courts not of record, having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this act, or any other law of this state or municipal ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the Department a record of the conviction of any person in such court for a violation of any such laws other than regulations governing standing or parking, and may recommend the suspension of the driving privileges of the person so convicted.

C. For the purposes of Section 6-101 et seq. of this title, the term "conviction" shall mean a final conviction or shall mean a forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 347, § 6-204, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 219, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 217, § 9, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 193, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2017, c. 392, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 400, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.


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