source please? if it isnt.
2007-07-27 11:13:42 · 7 answers · asked by Young Gun 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If your license is suspended in one state..can you get another license in another state..if so which?
2007-07-27 11:20:07 · update #1
The answers above on your first question are correct. Your ability to drive in a foreign state (that is, a state other than your state of residence) without being licensed in that state is based upon your having a valid license to drive in your home state. If you do not, then it is unlawful to drive in that foreign state.
Addressing your second question. You could apply for a license in a different state ONLY if you changed your residence to that state. It is my understanding that in such a case you could NOT get a license in the new state IF that state would ALSO have suspended your license for the same conduct as resulted in the original suspension. It is, of course, impossible to answer where this might apply without knowing the reason for the suspension and the specific states involved.
2007-07-27 11:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The driver's license of one state is accepted in all states through what is called reciprocity. All states have a time period (differs from one to the next) regarding length of time spent in state before one has to get that state's license, but other than that the license is good in all 50 states.
That also means a suspended license is suspended in all 50 states. Again, reciprocity.
Think about it: your Maine license is suspended and you're driving in Vermont and get pulled over. The officer runs your license. Who is he going to run it against? Maine, of course. What's Maine going to say? Suspended. What's Vermont going to do? Arrest you for driving on a suspended license.
Source? Ask any state trooper if the logic escapes you.
2007-07-27 18:25:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not certain exactly what you are askin, so I will explain how it works. If you have a license in state #5 of the 50 states and it is suspended for 30 days, then IT IS SUSPENDED PERIOD. If you are pulled over in State #9 during that 30 day period, you WILL get cited for driving while license suspended.
Hope that clear it up for you.
2007-07-27 18:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, but your state will take the action against you by suspending your license until the sate your license was suspended in has told them you have settled whatever the issue is!
There is no more moving from state to state to get another license!
2007-07-27 18:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have one license and it is suspended. State governments grant the privilege of driving. Due to legal principles of comity, you may drive in other states with your home state's license. By the same principles, when your license is suspended, other states also recognize that it is suspended. You can't drive anywhere.
2007-07-27 18:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by Funkanimus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You are driving in any state on the license of your state.
If your license is suspended in your state, you don't have a license...anywhere.
2007-07-27 18:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by responder 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is suspended in all states, because in order to get one in another state, you have to surrender your old one AND submit to the new state all of th details of your driving record in your old state --- unless you just totally went identity fraud with it and they didn't know about the old state. I don't recommend that, though.
Just get it cleared up in the state where it was suspended, it's not worth it.
2007-07-27 18:22:47 · answer #7 · answered by Hillary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋