SB558 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Law enforcement, written report required of accident confidential except for court order, Sec. 32-10-7
Description: Under existing law, each law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle accident is required to file a written report with the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
This bill would require that each written report of a motor vehicle accident compiled by the law enforcement officer who investigated the motor vehicle accident shall be confidential and may not be released for commercial purposes.
This bill would provide that a report shall be made available without subpoena to any party to litigation who files with the Department of Public Safety a request for the report which includes a copy of the first page of a district or circuit court clerk-stamped complaint naming all parties to the litigation.
Subjects: Law Enforcement

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary