I received a DUI in CO less than a week ago and heard that I can go get a license in another state before my hearing. I surrendered my license at the time of the traffic stop but I had a spare at home. Can I just take that one to another state and use my parents address in AL and get another one?
2007-09-07 05:44:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Nope.
All of the state's DMV files are now connected. You will be asked to turn in your license from another state before getting a license in another. If you do not have one to turn in, or even if you do, you will be checked in the national system. Since you just got popped recently, it may not show up yet... But it will soon enough and then not only will you get your NEW license suspended... you will have a felony warrant in your new state issued for fraudulently obtaining the license.
Don't try it... Believe me, you will get yourself so deep in a hole that you will never be able to dig yourself out.
Just be smart, ask to get a hardship license and do your punishment and move on with your life.
2007-09-07 05:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I say go for it! I wonder just what would happen. Normally, my answer would be no you cannot get the license for many of the same reasons stated by others. But you are talking about AL!!!
Seriously, your recent arrest will show on your license just as quickly as a clerk enters it on your driving record. If that is done quickly, then it will show when you apply in AL. Seriously, there is a very good chance that sometime in the AL process you will be asked about a current license or suspension. Tell the truth & you will not get the license. Lie & you open the door to possible prosecution later for the lie.
Seriously, states have reciprocal agreements on driver privileges. A suspension in one state is upheld in the others.
Seriously, the Asst. DA has a point.... you MAY be able to get a license in AL. The issue is not just can you get the license. The issue is can you get it without lying. You will need to read every word on the application materials to ensure you do not commit perjury. But an AL license will do you no good in CO. It is not just your license that is suspended. It is your driving PRIVILEGE. You can have 49 other driver's licenses but you still cannot drive in CO or any other state with a reciprocal agreement to uphold the CO suspension.
2007-09-07 07:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by XPig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its amazing at all of the answers, yet in reality, YES, you can do that. Just because you're suspended or revoked in one state, that doesn't mean you can't get a driver's license from another, IF IN FACT YOU LIVE THERE.
However, you cannot use that driver's license from another state to drive in the state where you got the DWI. That would be either a misdemeanor or a felony offense. You would have to actually MOVE to the other state and drive there with their driver's license.
The bottom line is that you cannot drive in your current state until you get a conditional license (to and from work/school) or your case is disposed of and your priveledges to driver are reinstated. There is no way around driving in your current state.
But to get another license in another state IS legal as long as they will issue it to you. I'm not aware of any state that has a crime against applying for a license from another state, since you won't have a license from your state since it was turned in.
2007-09-07 06:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by LawGunGuy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To get another state's license, you would have to answer questions such as "Is your license currently surrendered for a pending violation?", and if you answer NO, and later it is found that you lied, you will be REVOKED in that state for false information. Also, as soon as you are suspended in Colorado for the DUI, it will go into a nationwide database for law enforcement, and the other state will also suspend your license for the Colorado conviction.
2007-09-07 05:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by stephen p 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are caught, you will be arrested or at least fined. It is illegal to hold two drivers licenses from different states. The computer will show it. What the heck were you doing with a spare? Stop drinking and driving before you kill an innocent family. Show some responsibility. I hope they revoke your license.
Your attitude is irresponsible and immature. It's time to grow up.
2007-09-07 05:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by Tellin' U Da Truth! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You buddy can constantly charm as long as there's a criminal foundation for such an charm. many times an charm is purely allowed if there replaced into an errors interior the unique trial. If the choose made a mistake that would have affected the call then it is the grounds for charm. it is been made regulation which you will refuse the blood attempt, besides the fact that it has additionally been made into regulation which you may't refuse the breath attempt. in case you do then you certainly are interior the eyes of the regulation below the impression of alcohol, because of the fact there is not any different reason to refuse to take the attempt. via that act on my own your buddy admitted that he replaced into utilizing below the impression of alcohol so there are not any grounds for charm. the only place that your buddy ought to charm could be interior the comparable jurisdiction the place the trial replaced into held. which ability he has to pass to the comparable state, and the comparable county. utilizing below the impression of alcohol is a legal, meaning it consists of the comparable fees and the sentence is venerated in all 50 states. as a result you buddy cannotchronic for six months no count the place he lives interior the US. His record ought to no longer be on the interior of reach police's community, yet while a federal verify is made then that arrest will arise and he can perform a little reformatory time. in the adventure that your buddy does something that places him in reformatory over evening then that verify would be made and he would be in deep hassle. there are techniques on a thank you to decrease or substitute the sentence. they start up which contain your buddy making a company dedication to end eating. transforming into a member of AA is the terrific thank you to try this. Then there are breathalyzers which would be included interior the ignition of your buddy's vehicle. He heavily isn't waiting to start up the vehicle without taking and passing a breath attempt. those compromises will must be made with the choose that utilized the 6-month suspension. in any different case your buddy has to serve the sentence and if he drives for the time of that component then he has committed a legal and could be despatched to reformatory. that's achievable to get that reformatory sentence appealed, or to be positioned on parole, yet your buddy can anticipate to stand a minimum of twelve months without using his vehicle.
2016-10-10 03:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not legally. While another state may issue the license, you could go to jail for getting the license as it would be in violation of the issued court order.
Do us a favor, stay off the road until you can learn to not drink and drive.
2007-09-07 06:01:27 · answer #7 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about what you said. If you use the "extra" drivers license, the DUI will show up on the computer. Then you will be charged with "false identification" use since the licence was, obviously, claimed to be lost or stolen when you applied for a new one.
2007-09-07 06:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you might be able to do it and get away with it, our illegal alien situation shows that licensing is a joke.
but, your first concern after a serious legal charge whould be getting back on the right foot, not how to commit another crime
suck it up, take your medicine, dont do it again, and then put it behind you
2007-09-08 07:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Bill N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your MVR shows your driving history, no matter what state an incident occurred. What you are wanting to do is highly illegal and if caught, you'll never have a license again.
2007-09-07 05:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by Chazzarazz 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋