Legal Documents of Newport

Code of Newport

Newport
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 3 : Traffic Division

15-303 : Records of traffic violations.

  1. The police department or the traffic division thereof shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic laws of the city or of the state vehicle laws for which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all alleged offenses. The record shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each. The record shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period.
  2. All forms for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered. For each month and year, a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
  3. All records and reports required by this section shall be public records. (1973 Code, § 11-36)