Arizona Laws 28-3004. License records
A. The department shall file an application for a license and shall maintain suitable indexes containing, in alphabetical order:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-3004
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles that is used in commerce to transport passengers or property and that includes any of the following:
(a) A motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles that has a gross combined weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Driver license: means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Judgment: means a final judgment and any of the following:
(a) The finding by a court that an individual is responsible for a civil traffic violation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- Revocation: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are terminated and shall not be renewed or restored, except that an application for a new license may be presented and acted on by the department after one year from the date of revocation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Suspension: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are temporarily withdrawn during the period of the suspension. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
1. Each application denied, with a note on each application of the reason for the denial.
2. Each application granted.
3. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the name of each licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked by the department, with a note after each name of the reason for the action.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the director shall expunge from the public records maintained by the department a note of a suspension or revocation made pursuant to section 28-1385 if, after the suspension or revocation period, either of the following occurs:
1. The licensee submits a certified copy of the court record indicating either of the following:
(a) A dismissal of the violation on which the suspension or revocation is based and submits proof that the charge was not refiled within six months after the dismissal.
(b) A finding of not guilty of the violation on which the suspension or revocation is based.
2. After twelve months the licensee has not been charged with a violation of section 28-1381 or 28-1382 resulting from the event on which the suspension or revocation is based.
C. The director shall not expunge the record or shall rescind the expungement of the record if the licensee operates a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class of commercial driver license, holds a commercial driver license or is convicted of or found responsible for a violation of chapter 3, 4 or 5 of this title that occurred during the suspension or revocation period or if the licensee’s driver license or permit is suspended pursuant to section 28-1321 or suspended and restricted pursuant to section 28-1385 during the suspension or revocation period.
D. The department shall file all abstracts of court records of convictions and judgments it receives under the laws of this state and shall maintain convenient records of the abstracts or make suitable notations on the abstracts in order that an individual record of each licensee showing the convictions and judgments of the licensee and the traffic accidents in which the licensee has been involved is readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the department on an application for renewal of a license and at other suitable times.
E. The department shall maintain the records pursuant to this section for five years after the application, suspension, revocation or abstract of a court record of conviction or judgment has become inactive.