Article 16.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
8-1611.Reports by law enforcement officers investigating accidents.
(a) Every law enforcement officer who:
(1) Investigates a vehicle accident of
which a report must be made as required in this article; or
(2) otherwise
prepares a written report as a result of an investigation either at the
time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing the
participants or witnesses, when such accident under paragraphs (1) or (2)
results in injury or death to any person or total damage to all property to
an apparent extent of $1,000 or more, shall forward a
written report of such
accident to the department of transportation within 10
days after investigation of the accident.
(b) Such written reports required to be forwarded by law enforcement
officers and the information contained therein shall not be privileged or
held confidential.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be satisfied by
the electronic submission of reports
prepared by computer
and containing the information required to be included in written reports.
The format of such electronic reports and the
frequency of submission
must be acceptable to the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1611; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 31;
L. 1985, ch. 52, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 133, § 2; Jan. 1, 2005.
Article 16.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
8-1611.Reports by law enforcement officers investigating accidents.
(a) Every law enforcement officer who:
(1) Investigates a vehicle accident of
which a report must be made as required in this article; or
(2) otherwise
prepares a written report as a result of an investigation either at the
time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing the
participants or witnesses, when such accident under paragraphs (1) or (2)
results in injury or death to any person or total damage to all property to
an apparent extent of $1,000 or more, shall forward a
written report of such
accident to the department of transportation within 10
days after investigation of the accident.
(b) Such written reports required to be forwarded by law enforcement
officers and the information contained therein shall not be privileged or
held confidential.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be satisfied by
the electronic submission of reports
prepared by computer
and containing the information required to be included in written reports.
The format of such electronic reports and the
frequency of submission
must be acceptable to the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1611; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 31;
L. 1985, ch. 52, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 133, § 2; Jan. 1, 2005.
Article 16.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
8-1611.Reports by law enforcement officers investigating accidents.
(a) Every law enforcement officer who:
(1) Investigates a vehicle accident of
which a report must be made as required in this article; or
(2) otherwise
prepares a written report as a result of an investigation either at the
time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing the
participants or witnesses, when such accident under paragraphs (1) or (2)
results in injury or death to any person or total damage to all property to
an apparent extent of $1,000 or more, shall forward a
written report of such
accident to the department of transportation within 10
days after investigation of the accident.
(b) Such written reports required to be forwarded by law enforcement
officers and the information contained therein shall not be privileged or
held confidential.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be satisfied by
the electronic submission of reports
prepared by computer
and containing the information required to be included in written reports.
The format of such electronic reports and the
frequency of submission
must be acceptable to the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1611; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 31;
L. 1985, ch. 52, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 133, § 2; Jan. 1, 2005.
