Surrender of license – Forwarding surrendered license and record of convictions to department – Report of convictions – Recommendation of suspension

(a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the revocation of the operator‘s or chauffeur‘s license of the person by the department, the court in which the conviction is had shall require the surrender to it of all operator’s and chauffeur’s licenses then held by the person so convicted, and the court shall thereupon forward the licenses together with a record of the conviction to the department. Ask a traffic law question, get an answer ASAP!Thousands of highly rated, verified traffic lawyers. Parking violations, accidents, DUI/DWI, licensing, registration, and more Protect your vehicle and your rights with expert legal help now (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Operator: means every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: means :(A) For the purposes of commercial driver licenses, a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Statute: A law passed by a legislature.Violation: means a conviction except as otherwise provided in §. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102(b) Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this chapter, or any other statute of this state or municipal ordinance of any city or town regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the department a record of the conviction of any person in the court for a violation of any of these laws, and may recommend the suspension of the operator’s or chauffeur’s license of the person so convicted. (c) For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Conviction” means a final conviction; and (2) A failure to satisfy a citation or a forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant‘s appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a conviction.