Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-12-53 (2026)
Requirement of Use of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint.
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(a) Every law enforcement agency in the state shall use traffic citations of the form known as the uniform traffic ticket and complaint, which shall be substantially uniform throughout the state and which shall be issued, except for an electronic traffic ticket or e-ticket, as defined in Section 32-1-4, in books with citations in no less than quadruplicate.
(b) The uniform traffic ticket and complaint shall be used in traffic cases where a complaint is made by a law enforcement officer or by any other person or an information is filed by the district attorney.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106; Act 2006-579, p. 1522, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1985–2020 · leading case: Brown v. State, 565 So. 2d 585 (Ala. 1990).
Brown v. State, 565 So. 2d 585 (Ala. 1990). “Code 1975, provides for the use of the UTTC: "§ 12-12-53. Requirement of use of uniform traffic ticket and complaint.”
City of Dothan v. Holloway, 501 So. 2d 1136 (Ala. 1986). “Section 12-12-53(b), supra, provides that the UTTC "shall be used in traffic cases where a complaint is made by a law enforcement officer or by any other person or an information is filed by the district attorney.”
Kirkland v. State, 562 So. 2d 634 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “Code 1975, § 12-14-8 and § 12-12-53. Rule 19(A)(5)(a) provides, in pertinent part: “Each law enforcement officer issuing a traffic ticket shall complete and sign the ticket, serve a copy of the completed ticket upon the defendant and, without unnecessary delay, normally within…”
Carroll v. City of Huntsville, 505 So. 2d 388 (Ala. Crim. App. 1985). “See § 12-12-53, Code of Alabama 1975; Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, R.”
Rogers v. City of Montgomery (In re Rogers), 272 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. 2018). “"); Ala. Code 1975, § 12-12-53 ("Every law enforcement agency in the state shall use traffic citations of the form known as the uniform traffic ticket and complaint.”
Rogers v. City of Montgomery (In re Rogers), 272 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. 2018). “"); Ala. Code 1975, § 12-12-53 ("Every law enforcement agency in the state shall use traffic citations of the form known as the uniform traffic ticket and complaint.”
Motley v. Taylor, 451 F. Supp. 3d 1251 (M.D. Ala. 2020). “Rule 19(A) provides what each traffic ticket must contain and includes the standard ticket form, called Form UTTC-1.”
State v. Thomas, 200 So. 3d 35 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “As a threshold issue, we note that Thomas argued in the circuit court that the alleged defects in the UTTCs deprived the circuit court of subject-matter jurisdie *38 tion to try the charged offenses. This argument is incorrect. This Court has stated: “Prosecutions of misdemeanor…”
Young v. City of Hokes Bluff, 611 So. 2d 414 (Ala. 1992). “” Section 12-12-53(b) provides that the U.T.”
Ala. Code § 12-12-53(b): 2 cases
City of Dothan v. Holloway, 501 So. 2d 1136 (Ala. 1986). “Section 12-12-53(b), supra, provides that the UTTC "shall be used in traffic cases where a complaint is made by a law enforcement officer or by any other person or an information is filed by the district attorney.”
Young v. City of Hokes Bluff, 611 So. 2d 414 (Ala. 1992). “” Section 12-12-53(b) provides that the U.T.”
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