SB165 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Criminal law and procedure, circuit, district, and municipal court, failure to appear warrants for traffic cases, circuit clerk or court clerk posting and placing information by electronic means

Summary

SB165 would require court clerks to post notices about failure-to-appear warrants for traffic tickets and make this information publicly accessible online, starting October 1, 2016.

What This Bill Does

Circuit clerks must post a notice at the county courthouse with the name and public information for all failure-to-appear warrants tied to outstanding traffic tickets, and this information must be accessible in a public online database. Municipal court clerks may post a similar notice at the municipal court building and may provide online access if they have the capability. The act becomes effective October 1, 2016.

Who It Affects

• Individuals with outstanding traffic tickets who have a failure-to-appear warrant; their name and related warrant information would be publicly posted and available online.
• Circuit and municipal court clerks, who would be responsible for posting notices and maintaining or enabling online access to the information.

Key Provisions

• Circuit court clerk must post at the county courthouse the name and public information for all failure-to-appear warrants for outstanding traffic tickets, and this information must be available in an electronic public database.
• Municipal court clerk may post at the municipal court building the name and public information for all failure-to-appear warrants for outstanding traffic tickets, and may provide this information online if they have electronic capability.
• The act becomes effective on October 1, 2016.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Court, Circuit