I lost my license in Illinois. Can I get it in California?

Question

I lost my license in Illinois but recently moved to California. Is it possible to get a new license here?

When I say I lost my license in illinois I mean I had to taken away due to speeding tickets

Answer 1

Nope. California DMV will run your driving history with Illinois. When they find out your license is suspended they will deny your request for a California license.

You first need to get your Illinois license status back to active.

Answer 2

The states have what's called reciprocal agreements between them in regards to driving records. If your license is suspended in one state, it will show up in another state if you apply for a license there.

In your situation you apparently moved to another state and want to get a valid license, but the Illinois suspension is causing some problems for you.

I cannot tell you a precise answer in how to achieve what you want to do, but if you are already in California and have access to one of the many DMV branch offices, it would be a sensible next step to go there and explain your situation up front and ask what you need to do to resolve it. Doing this may allow you to focus on just what's required, rather than going on a wild goose chase and doing things that either aren't required or there is an easier way of doing it, or they may tell you that regardless of your efforts, a certain amount of time must elapse before a suspension can be lifted. But at least by talking to the right people, you'll know for sure where you stand.

And in California, especially the highly populated areas, there can be long lines at a local DMV. You can visit the Calfornia DMV website and make an online appointment that dramatically cuts down on waiting-around time when you go there, or the website gives you a phone number to make an apppointment too.

Answer 3

You cannot have more than one (1) personal driver's license. Therefore, you will have to resolve the matter in Illinois, then apply for a transfer of the Illinois license or a new one in California.

Answer 4

You will have to get your license reinstated in Illinois before you get a California drivers license.

Answer 5

When you try to apply for a license in California, it's going to come up that you lost it. So no, they're not going to just give you one. You will have to do whatever it takes to get it reinstated.

Answer 6

My brother in law got his taken away for Drunk driving and he can't get it back in the state of Illinois but he moved to Texas and was able to get one. I don't know what steps he took but I would guess it started at the DMV.

Answer 7

when you say lost do you mean you lost it (drop it forgot it?) or you got suspended? if you just lost it you can have them do a transfer and look up the records and that's it and pay the fees. if you got suspended then no they have records. you can try applying as a new license and hope they wont find out since they usually don't look unless there is a reason to.

Answer 8

No. They now have a national database linking all states records together so you cannot just get a license in a different state.

Answer 9

yes my husband lost his license in the state of Kansas, we moved to Arkansas and he got his license here. No problem.

Answer 10

No, your record travels with you, and one of the questions you will be asked is if you have had your licence revolked or suspended in any other state.

So you will have to wait till the time frame the other court has ordered