§ 56-9-330 — Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish abstracts of operating records; abstracts inadmissible as evidence.

(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon request and the payment of a fee, shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract must also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of that person, and, if there is no record of any conviction of that person for violating any laws relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by that person, the department shall so certify. The department, upon request and the payment of a reasonable fee, shall furnish a monthly listing by magnetic or other electronic media of all driver's license numbers that had driving violations posted on their records during the previous month. These abstracts are not admissible as evidence in any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of motor vehicle accidents. (2) The department shall, upon request, and the payment of a fee furnish any person a copy of a vehicle accident report. Revenue generated by the fee imposed pursuant to this section must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-717; 1952 (47) 1853; 1976 Act No. 738 SECTION 9; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, SECTION 57; 1989 Act No. 148, SECTION 2; 1996 Act No. 459, SECTION 216; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 77.A, eff July 1, 2016.