Arizona Laws 28-3305. Court action on conviction
A. If a person is convicted of an offense or if a judgment is entered against the person for which revocation of the driver license of the person by the department is mandatory pursuant to this chapter, the court that ordered the conviction or judgment shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-3305
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Conviction: means :
(a) An unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Drive: means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Driver license: means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Judgment: means a final judgment and any of the following:
(a) The finding by a court that an individual is responsible for a civil traffic violation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28-2001. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Revocation: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are terminated and shall not be renewed or restored, except that an application for a new license may be presented and acted on by the department after one year from the date of revocation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Suspension: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are temporarily withdrawn during the period of the suspension. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
1. Require the person to surrender to the court all driver licenses held by the person.
2. Invalidate or destroy the driver licenses.
3. Forward a record of the conviction or judgment to the department.
B. A court with jurisdiction over offenses or civil traffic violations committed under this chapter, any other law of this state or a municipal ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways shall forward a record of the conviction of or judgment against a person in the court, except for a violation related to standing or parking, to the department and may recommend the suspension of the driver license of the person.
C. If a court declares that an entire civil penalty is due pursuant to section 28-1601, the court shall immediately notify the department. After payment of the civil penalty, the court shall give notice immediately of full satisfaction of the civil penalty by a method approved by the department. On payment of a reinstatement fee as provided in section 28-3002, the department shall terminate the suspension of a driver license, a driver permit or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state if no other grounds for suspension exist.