Title 55, Motor and Other Vehicles

(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway or on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park or any apartment house complex, or any other premises that are generally freq…

(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage to an apparent extent of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the accident to the local police …

(a) (1) The driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death to any person, or in which damage to the property of any one (1) person, including the driver's, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) is sustain…

(a) The department may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of the department and may require witnesses of accident…

(a) An accident report is not required under this part from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of the incapacity. (b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in § 55…

Any person who gives information reports as required in §§ 55-10-107 — 55-10-109, knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(a) The department shall advise all suitable agencies or individuals required to submit accident reports the appropriate method to submit such report. The reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed inform…

Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on or before the tenth day of each month report in writing to the department the death of any person within the coroner's or other official's jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of a traffi…

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop, to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in § 55-10-107, or of having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the department with…

(a) All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting, and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other state agencies having use of the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administrati…

(a) The department shall prepare and shall upon request supply to police, coroners, sheriffs and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for accident reports calling for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a highway accident the cause, conditions…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever an engineer of a railroad locomotive is required to show proof of identity under this title, in connection with operation of the locomotive, to any law enforcement officer, the engineer shall not be required to display an operator…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a motor vehicle involved in a traffic accident and the driver of the motor vehicle shall be subject to this section. (b) This section shall apply to any motor vehicle traffic accident that occurs on a divided, controlled access highway…

If a motor vehicle is involved in an accident and there is more than one (1) driver of the motor vehicle, only the driver contributing to the accident shall be charged with a violation of the rules of the road compiled in chapter 8 of this title.

(1) An officer shall detain a driver without a warrant, as provided in § 40-7-103, and bring the driver before a committing magistrate if the driver:(1) Is involved in an accident resulting in:(A) Serious bodily injury, as defined in § 55-50-502; or(B) Death;(2) Does not have a v…

(a) Every law enforcement agency shall have a policy describing when law enforcement personnel may disclose to the public information or law enforcement records concerning the use of drugs or alcohol by a driver as a contributing factor in a motor vehicle accident. (b) The policy…

Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared in chapter 8 or parts 1-5 of this chapter to be a crime, whether individually or in connection with one (1) or more other persons, or as a principal, agent or…

(a) It is unlawful for the owner, or any other person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of the vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.…

(a) Whenever any person is arrested for a violation of chapter 8 or parts 1-5 of this chapter, the arrested person shall be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate or judge within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed, who has juris…

(a) Any person who cancels or solicits the cancellation of any traffic citation, in any manner other than as provided in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor. (b) Every record of traffic citations required in chapter 8 and parts 1-5 of this chapter shall be audited by the …

(a) Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property commits reckless driving. (b) A person commits an offense of reckless driving who drives a motorcycle with the front tire raised off the ground in willful and wanton disrega…

(a) For the purposes of this section, “motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle as defined in § 55-1-103, which possesses a four-wheel drive capability and that is designed and suitable for operation off the highway on natural terrain. (b) It is unlawful for any person to operate a…

(a) As used in this section, “traffic citation” means a written citation or an electronic citation prepared by a law enforcement officer on paper or on an electronic data device with the intent the citation shall be filed, electronically or otherwise, with a court having jurisdic…

(a) Every law enforcement officer in this state who is authorized to issue traffic citations may use a uniform traffic citation form prescribed by the department of safety. (b) The department is authorized and directed to promulgate a uniform traffic citation form which may be us…

(a) A person commits aggravated reckless driving who:(1) Commits the offense of reckless driving, as defined in § 55-10-205; and(2) Intentionally or knowingly impedes traffic upon a public street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway, or on the premises of a shopping center, …

(a) As used in this section, “license plate flipper” means a manual, electronic, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle that either:(1) Alternates between two (2) or more license plates for the purpose of allowing a motor vehicle operator to c…

(a) Any person violating any of chapters 8 and 9 of this title and parts 1-5 of this chapter where a penalty is not specifically prescribed commits a Class C misdemeanor. (b) (1) Any person violating any of the provisions of chapters 8 and 9 of this title and parts 1-5 of this ch…

(a) (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Automated license plate recognition system” means one (1) or more fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data;(2) “Captured p…

(a) All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds imposed or collected under any of the provisions of chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139, except such as may be imposed or collected under § 55-10-401, shall, within fifteen (15) days following…

The commissioner of safety is empowered in the name of the state to take all steps necessary to enforce the collection and prompt return of all the fines, penalties, and forfeitures of bonds; and the same when so collected shall be credited to the department of safety and used to…

No judge shall try any case except upon warrant duly prepared in the form required by law, which shall be preserved with the other papers pertaining to the judge's office, and no such judge shall collect any fine or cost imposed in any case involving a violation of chapters 8 and…

(a) Every magistrate or judge of a court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every traffic complaint, warrant, traffic citation or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court or the traffic violations bureau of its jurisdiction, and shall ke…

(a) Any incorporated municipality may by ordinance adopt, by reference, any of the appropriate provisions of chapter 8 of this title, §§ 55-10-101 — 55-10-310, 55-12-139, 55-50-301, 55-50-302, 55-50-304, 55-50-305, 55-50-311, and 55-10-312, and may by ordinance provide additional…

(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Interstate highway” means a portion of any highway designated and known as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; and(2) “Marked law enforcement vehicle” means a law enforcement vehicle equipped with:(A) At least one …

Any judge having jurisdiction over offenses committed under any statute of this state or municipal ordinance of any city or town regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways shall have the authority to require any person brought before the judge's court for an alleged v…

Chapter 8, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact them.

(a) In all actions for injury to persons and/or to property caused by the negligent operation or use of any automobile, auto truck, motorcycle, or other motor propelled vehicle within this state, proof of ownership of the vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle at …

(a) Proof of the registration of the motor vehicle in the name of any person shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of the motor vehicle by the person in whose name the vehicle is registered; and the proof of registration shall likewise be prima facie evidence that the vehicl…

(a) The employer of any driver of a nonmotor vehicle who violates § 55-8-178, intentionally or through carelessness, is liable to an action for damages at the suit of anyone who, in person or property, sustains an injury thereby. (b) The person so offending, as well as that perso…

(1) If any person who is driving or in physical control of a twin trailer truck that contains hazardous waste, as defined in § 68-212-104, is adjudicated to have been at fault in a court of competent jurisdiction for an accident resulting in a spill of the hazardous waste, the em…

(a) Any municipality with a population of not less than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) nor more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, by ordinance may levy a fee of up to seventy-five cents (75¢),…

Upon receiving written permission of the property owner or manager, a state, county or municipal law enforcement officer is authorized to go onto the premises of any shopping center, or office park, which is generally open to the public at-large in order to inspect any motor vehi…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an officer of any state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency that is charged with the responsibility of enforcing traffic laws may also enforce traffic laws, issue citations for violations thereof and impose fines in accordan…

(1) It is unlawful for any person to drive or to be in physical control of any automobile or other motor driven vehicle on any of the public roads and highways of the state, or on any streets or alleys, or while on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, or apartment h…

(a) (1) (A) Any person violating § 55-10-401, shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be sentenced to serve in the county jail or workhouse not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days.(B) Any person violating §…

(a) A person convicted for a violation of § 55-10-401, shall be fined as follows:(1) For a first offense, the person shall be fined not less than three hundred fifty dollars ($350) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);(2) For a second offense, the person shall…