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§17B-3-3a. Suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed by magistrate court or municipal court.

The division shall suspend the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice from a magistrate court or municipal court of this state, pursuant to subsection (b), section two-a, article three, chapter fifty or subsection (b), section two-a, article ten, chapter eight of this code, that such person has defaulted on the payment of costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties, which were imposed on the person by the magistrate court or municipal court upon conviction of any motor vehicle violation, after one hundred eighty days following such conviction, or that such person has failed to appear in court when charged with a motor vehicle violation. For the purposes of this section, section two-a, article three, chapter fifty and section two-a, article ten, chapter eight, "motor vehicle violation" shall be defined as any violation designated in chapter seventeen-a, seventeen-b, seventeen-c, seventeen-d or seventeen-e of this code, or the violation of any municipal ordinance relating to the operation of a motor vehicle for which the violation thereof would result in a fine or penalty: Provided, That any parking violation or other violation for which a citation may be issued to an unattended vehicle shall not be considered a motor vehicle violation for the purposes of this section, section two-a, article three, chapter fifty or section two-a, article ten, chapter eight of this code.