Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.2-21. Abstracts of court records – Traffic tribunal
A full record shall be kept by the Rhode Island traffic tribunal in this state of every case in which a person is charged with violating subparagraphs 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iii) and 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iv). An abstract of the record shall be retained by the court. The abstract shall be made upon forms prepared by the chief magistrate of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal and shall include all necessary information as to the parties to the cause, the nature of the offense, the date of the hearing, the plea, the decision, the judgment, and the result, and every abstract shall be certified by the clerk of the court. The Rhode Island traffic tribunal shall keep the records and they shall not be open to public inspection. The chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal shall make the records available to Rhode Island state and local police departments for their inspection of the details of cases which have been heard before the tribunal.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 221, § 5; P.L. 2012, ch. 233, § 5.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.2-21
- magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.