Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Suspension or Revocation
§ 2731. Duty of courts and police officers.

(a) Every court and police officer having jurisdiction over offenses committed under any law of this State regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways shall forward to the Department a record of the conviction of any person in any court for a violation of any of such laws within 30 days of the disposition of the case and may recommend the suspension of the driver's license of the person so convicted. The Department shall thereupon consider and act upon such recommendation in such manner as it deems best.
(b) The Justice of the Peace Court and the Court of Common Pleas shall forward to the Department a record of the name and address of a person convicted of a motor vehicle offense that originated in the voluntary assessment center under § 709 of this title who has been sentenced to pay a fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution and who has failed to pay the fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution at the time sentence was imposed or in accordance with an order of the court. The Justice of the Peace Court and the Court of Common Pleas shall include in the record the amount of the fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution owed by the convicted person. When the convicted person pays the fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution in full, the clerk or prothonotary shall provide the convicted person with a receipt confirming that the fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution has been paid in full.
(c) The voluntary assessment center shall forward to the Department a record of the name and address of each person who has been given a Uniform Traffic Complaint and Summons on which a voluntary assessment was permitted pursuant to § 709 of this title and who has failed to do any of the following:

(1) Pay the voluntary assessment within 30 days from the date of arrest.
(2) Notify the court or voluntary assessment center with 30 days from the date of arrest, in writing, that the person wishes to have a hearing on the charge stated in the Uniform Traffic Complaint and Summons.
(3) Appear at trial on the charge stated in the Uniform Traffic Complaint and Summons on the date and time required by the court.
(4) Pay the fine on the charge stated in the Uniform Traffic Complaint and Summons in accordance with a deferred payment order.

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