Driver's License Suspensions

The Court will request that the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspend your driving privileges for the following reasons:

• Failure to appear for arraignment.  If you fail to appear for arraignment, you will be found guilty be default and given at least 30 days to make payment arrangements.  If you fail to make payment arrangements, your license will be suspended.
• Failure to appear for a traffic hearing or bench trial.  If you fail to appear at a bench trial, you will be found guilty by default and given at least 30 days to make payment arrangements.  If you fail to make payment arrangements, your license will be suspended.
• Failure to pay fines and fees.  Failure to make monthly payments on your fines may result in a suspension.

Once the Court has requested that the DMV suspend your driving privileges, and if this is your first suspension, you have three options for getting reinstated:

• Option 1:  You can pay your balance in full and receive a full reinstatement
• Option 2:  You can pay half of your balance, sign a pay agreement for the remaining balance and receive a conditional reinstatement that would be contingent upon your making payments each and every month.  If you choose this option and then miss a payment, your license will be re-suspended and will remain suspended until paid in full.
• Option 3:  You can make six (6) consecutive monthly payments and upon the sixth payment you may request a conditional reinstatement which would be contingent upon your making payments each and every month.  If you miss a payment after receiving a conditional reinstatement, your privileges will be re-suspended and will remain suspended until paid in full.

If your driving privileges are suspended for failure to pay your fines and you fail to take action to get it reinstated within 90 days of the suspension, your account will be sent to a collection agency.  Once sent to a collection agency, your only option for reinstatement is to pay the balance in full.