§ 6-451. Record of traffic cases; report of convictions to department of public safety.

(a)

The municipal judge shall keep or cause to be kept a full record of the proceedings of every case in which a person is charged with any violation of law regulating the operation of vehicles on the highways, streets or roads of this city.

(b)

Unless otherwise sooner required by law, within forty-five (45) days after the conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any law regulating the operation of vehicles on the highways, streets or roads of this city, the judge or clerk of the municipal court shall prepare and immediately forward to the department an abstract of the record of said court covering the case in which the person was so convicted, which abstract must be certified by the person so authorized to prepare the same to be true and correct.

(c)

Such abstract must be made upon a form approved by the department, and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, and if the fine was satisfied by prepayment or appearance bond forfeiture, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture, as the case may be.

(d)

The failure by refusal or neglect of any such judicial officer to comply with any of the requirements of this section shall constitute misconduct in office and shall be grounds for removal therefrom.

(Code 1963, § 25-329)

State law reference

Convictions to be reported to department of public safety, Miss. Code Ann. 1972, § 63-9-17.