True or False: Municipal courts must report to the DPS acquittals of all Alcoholic Beverage Code offenses.

• A. True
• B. Not Applicable
• C. Cannot Determine
• D. False

Answer: (D)

Acquittal does not create a criminal history entry. The reporting to the Department of Public Safety is focused on dispositions that affect a person’s criminal history—such as convictions, guilty pleas, or certain dispositions that still leave a record (like deferred adjudication or dismissals that carry specific implications). Since an acquittal ends the case without a finding of guilt and does not add a record of guilt, there is no requirement for the municipal court to report it to the DPS. So the statement is not correct. In practice, DPS disposition reporting aims to reflect actual criminal history changes, not every case outcome.