Pursuant to Section 12-17-251, magistrates may receive pleas of guilty in traffic infraction and boating violation prosecutions, but may not receive pleas in matters involving any of the following:

1. (1) Violations resulting in personal injury.
2. (2) Operation of a motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated.
3. (3) Reckless driving or reckless operation of a vessel.
4. (4) Felonies or indictable offenses.
5. (5) Operation of a motor vehicle or vessel without an operator’s license or boater safety certification, as applicable, or while the license or certification is suspended or revoked.
6. (6) A defendant convicted of two or more previous traffic offenses or boating violations in the preceding 12 months.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106; Act 2023-363, §3.)