- (a) A court shall forward to the bureau a certified abstract of the record of the conviction of a person in the court for a violation of a law relating to motor vehicles.
- (b) If in the opinion of the court a defendant should be deprived of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle upon a public highway, the court may recommend the suspension of the convicted person's driving privileges for a period that does not exceed the maximum period of incarceration for the offense of which the person was convicted.
- (c) The bureau shall comply with the court's recommendation.
- (d) At the time of a conviction referred to in subsection (a) or under IC 9-30-5-7 , the court may obtain and destroy the defendant's current driver's license.
- (e) An abstract required by this section must be in the form prescribed by the bureau and, when certified, shall be accepted by an administrative agency or a court as prima facie evidence of the conviction and all other action stated in the abstract.
As added by P.L.125-2012, SEC.365. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.119; P.L.198-2016, SEC.604.