§ 31-5-1106 — Written reports required of police officers; reporting of vehicles struck by bullets

(a) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 102, § 3.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 102, § 3.
(c) Every police officer who investigates a motor vehicle
accident shall forward a written report of the accident to the
highway department within ten (10) days after his investigation
of the accident if the motor vehicle accident results in:
(i) Bodily injury to or death of any person; or
(ii) Total property damage to the extent the vehicle
is so disabled as to prevent its normal and safe operation,
either:
(A) At the time of and at the scene of the
accident; or
(B) After the motor vehicle has been moved from
the scene of the accident and the police officer is informed by
the participants or witnesses of the accident that the motor
vehicle is no longer operable.
(d) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to
which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of
having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the local
police department if the garage is located within a
municipality, otherwise to the county sheriff or nearest office
of the state highway patrol, within twenty-four (24) hours after
the motor vehicle is received by the garage or repair shop,
giving the identifying number, registration number and the name
and address of the owner or driver of the vehicle.