Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act Law and Legal Definition
The Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act was promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission in 2009. Collateral consequences are the legal disabilities that attach as an operation of law when an individual is convicted of a crime but are not part of the sentence for the crime. Examples of collateral consequences include the denial of government issued licenses or permits, ineligibility for public services and public programs, and the elimination or impairment of civil rights. There is a real concern on a societal level that collateral consequences may impose such harsh burdens on convicted persons that they will be unable to reintegrate into society. The Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act is an effort to improve public and individual understanding of the nature of this problem and to provide modest means by which people who suffer from these disabilities may, in appropriate circumstances, gain partial relief from those disabilities.
Legal Definition list
- Uniform Code of Military Justice
- Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act
- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
- Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act
- Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act
- Uniform Common Trust Fund Act
- Uniform Comparative Fault Act
- Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
