Code of Alabama
Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.
Section 12-12-52 - Receipt of Guilty Pleas in Traffic Infraction Prosecutions by Magistrates.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-17-251, magistrates may receive pleas of guilty in traffic infraction prosecutions, but may not receive pleas in matters involving:
(1) Violations resulting in personal injury;
(2) Operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated;
(3) Reckless driving;
(4) Felonies or indictable offenses;
(5) Operation of motor vehicles without an operator's license or while the license is suspended or revoked; or
(6) A defendant convicted of two or more previous traffic offenses in the preceding 12 months.

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Code of Alabama

Title 12 - Courts.

Chapter 12 - District Courts.

Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.

Section 12-12-50 - "Traffic Infraction" Defined.

Section 12-12-51 - District Court Jurisdiction of Misdemeanor Prosecutions for Traffic Infractions.

Section 12-12-52 - Receipt of Guilty Pleas in Traffic Infraction Prosecutions by Magistrates.

Section 12-12-53 - Requirement of Use of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint.

Section 12-12-54 - Accounting for Uniform Traffic Tickets and Complaints; Disposition of Forms; Records and Reports.

Section 12-12-55 - Establishment of Schedules of Fines for Traffic Infractions; Provision for Manner of Payment and Accounting for of Fines and Costs.

Section 12-12-56 - 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 Pun...