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Drunk Driving - Driving While Suspended or
Revoked
If your license is suspended or revoked, you face some tough choices.
First, you must understand that license suspension is taken very seriously
by the court.
The penalties for getting caught driving after you've lost your license
almost always include jail. When you stand before a judge, having
been caught driving on a suspended or revoked license, you're giving
the court a message that you don't respect their authority or the
authority of society. In return, the judge will send you a message
back.
The judge will let you know, usually with a jail sentence, that you
must abide by the rules of society. In most cases, hiring a lawyer
can greatly reduce the consequenes of a charge of driving with a suspended
or revoked license.
If you need to drive to work or as part of your job, to school or
to medical care, you may be eligible for a hardship driver's license.
An attorney can help you to determine if this is an option in your
case.
A license suspension or revocation lasts for a fixed period of time.
At the end of that period, your license does not automatically come
back to you. It's up to you to apply for reinstatement.
To have your license reinstated, you'll have to provide the licensing
authority with certain documents. These may include and SR 22 and
/or a certificate of insurance. You may also have to attend driving
school or pay damages to an injured party if your case involved an
accident that was your fault. In all cases, you will have to pay a
reinstatement fee. This fee will vary depending on how and why your
license was suspended or revoked. Again, your license never, ever
comes back automatically. You must take some action.
An attorney can help you with the paperwork and shorten the process.
And whatever you do, don't drive if your license has been suspended
or revoked. |