Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-12-56 (2026)
Law Enforcement Officers, Etc., Not to Dispose of Uniform Traffic Tickets or Complaints, Etc., in Unauthorized Manner; Persons Soliciting, Etc., Unauthorized Disposition, Etc., of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint Subject to Punishment for Criminal Contempt.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) No law enforcement officer or other officer or public employee shall dispose of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof or the record of issuance thereof in a manner other than as required under rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection.
(b) Any person who solicits or aids in the disposition or attempted disposition of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof in any unauthorized manner is subject to the criminal contempt power of the district or municipal court.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2006–2013 · leading case: Woodard v. Town of Oakman, 970 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (N.D. Ala. 2013).
Woodard v. Town of Oakman, 970 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “It is undisputed that Phillips was arrested and prosecuted for contempt of court based on his alleged violation of Ala.Code § 12-12-56(a), by improperly disposing of a traffic citation.”
City of Dothan v. Brackin, 959 So. 2d 678 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “" Section 12-12-56, Ala.Code 1975, provides: "(a) No law enforcement officer or other officer or public employee shall dispose of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof or the record of issuance thereof in a manner other than as required under rules or…”
— Ala. Code § 12-12-56(a) — 2 cases
Woodard v. Town of Oakman, 970 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “It is undisputed that Phillips was arrested and prosecuted for contempt of court based on his alleged violation of Ala.Code § 12-12-56(a), by improperly disposing of a traffic citation.”
City of Dothan v. Brackin, 959 So. 2d 678 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “" Section 12-12-56, Ala.Code 1975, provides: "(a) No law enforcement officer or other officer or public employee shall dispose of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof or the record of issuance thereof in a manner other than as required under rules or…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.