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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 5 : Accidents

15-505 : Public inspection of reports relating to accidents.

  1. All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the police department or other governmental agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes or for the administration of the laws of the state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles, except that the identity of a person involved in an accident may be disclosed when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at the accident.
  2. All accident reports and supplemental information filed in connection with the administration of the laws of the state relating to the deposit of security or proof of financial responsibility shall be confidential and not open to general public inspection, nor shall copying of lists of such reports be permitted; however, such reports and supplemental information may be examined by any person named therein or by his representative designated in writing.
  3. No reports or information mentioned in this section shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the police department shall furnish, upon demand of any party to the trial or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department in compliance with law. (1973 Code, § 11-66)