Who is required to report convictions and bond forfeitures of traffic offenses to the Department of Public Safety?

• A. Municipal court clerks, judges and magistrates.
• B. Police officers
• C. The county treasurer
• D. The governor

Answer: (A)

Convictions and bond forfeitures from traffic offenses become part of a driver’s official record, and the Department of Public Safety relies on the court system to provide those dispositions. The people who handle and finalize traffic-case outcomes are municipal court clerks, judges, and magistrates. They maintain the court records, issue judgments, and transmit the disposition details to the DPS so the driving record can be updated accurately. Police officers can file the initial reports, but they don’t finalize or relay the official dispositions to DPS. The county treasurer handles financial matters, not DPS reporting, and the governor has no role in this process. So the best answer is that municipal court clerks, judges, and magistrates report these dispositions to the Department of Public Safety.