§ 27-50-607 - Receipt to serve as license -- Forfeiture of license.
27-50-607. Receipt to serve as license -- Forfeiture of license.
(a) The official receipt received from the arresting officer shall serve in lieu of a driver's or operator's license for a time not in excess of twenty (20) days.
(b) If a defendant posts bail under the provisions of 27-50-606 -- 27-50-608 and upon an appearance to answer the charge or upon electing to plead guilty, the defendant's operator's or chauffeur's license shall be returned to him by the court clerk, unless revoked or suspended by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) If the defendant does not appear to answer the charge within twenty (20) days, or such later date as may be fixed by the court, then his motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license shall be determined to have been forfeited. The license shall be revoked by the court, or, in the event of a revocation or suspension of the motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license as a result of the trial of the case by the court, it shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court with a statement of the reason for the forfeiture, revocation, or suspension to the Director of the Office of Driver Services, within one (1) day after the order or decision of the court revoking or suspending it.