The general rule in the state of Missouri is, if you get 8 points in an 18 month period of time, you will lose your license. It is important to note that you do not get your license back automatically; there is something that you must do at the end of the suspension period to get your license back for a loss of license points.

If you accumulate more points in a shorter period of time, 12 points in a 12 month period, you will lose your license for an entire year. In Kansas it is really much simpler: if you get three moving violations in a 12-month period, you lose your license. If the points that cost you your license were the result of a ticket you mailed in, an attorney may be able to go back to the court where you mailed in your speeding ticket and get that undone, undoing your suspension.

Another possibility is a hardship driver's license, which is discussed in another section. If you get a DWI, you can lose your license in a number of different ways. First of all you can lose your license because you have a blood alcohol content in excess of .08 hundredths per millionths in your blood. This is called administrative suspension. If you get caught with a blood alcohol content of .08, the first time you lose your license for 90 days and you can't drive at all within the first 30 days. The first time you get an administrative suspension in a five year period you lose your license for 90 days. You cannot drive the first 30 days, but you can drive the last 60 days if you file an SR22. If at the end of those 90 days you file an SR22 and show completion of an alcohol education program you can get your license back. You lose your license for one year for a 2nd time blood alcohol over .10 within a five year period of the first one, and there is no hardship license available in this case.

You also may lose your license if you get a Drunk Driving charge because a Drunk Driving charge carries enough points to cause suspension by itself. If you are involved in an accident and don't have the insurance to pay for it, or do not repair the damages, you will lose your license. Most of these suspensions will allow you to get a hardship license at some point in time. You can also lose your license for refusing to take a breathalyzer test. If you refuse to take a breathalyzer you lose your license for a year, but you can get a hardship license after 90 days.