What Can I do if I've Received a Notice that my Driver's License is about to be Suspended?

Probably a week does not go by in my practice that I don't receive a phone call from an individual that is somewhat frantic, scared or confused because they've just received a letter from the DSHMV telling them that their license is going to be suspended.

http://www.tampacriminaldefenders.com/AreasOfPractice/SuspendedLicenseFlorida.aspx

Now these suspensions can range from a wide variety of things from:

• An unpaid ticket
• Child support issues
• They've been classified as an HTO.
• There's some type of financial judgment that's been levied against them and they're going to suspend their license until it's satisfied.
• They may have issues with insurance on their vehicles and not currently having coverage or did not have coverage at the time of an accident.

There's a vast majority of reasons they suspend peoples' licenses and you'd be surprised at the number of people driving around in the state of Florida whose license is suspended and they may not even know it because they didn't receive that letter. The letter was sent to an address that was not updated on their driver's license.

Regardless, if you've received that letter or not, I encourage most people to go to the DSHMV website. Check your driver's license; they have a free driver's license check to see if there are any suspensions on it, any pending suspensions that may be going into place. It'll give you peace of mind know that you're driving around with a valid license.

If you do find yourself in an unfortunate situation of a) you've either received that letter or if b) you've gone to the website and you found out that there's a suspension or a pending suspension that may be going into place, there's a number of things that can be done, depending on what issues you have on your license.

If it's a unpaid ticket, we can help you get in contact with the clerk of the court from the county that that ticket is currently unpaid in; we can get you cleared up, get that ticket cleared up, get you some D-6 clearance letters, which is a clearance letter that will go from the clerk of the court to the DHSMV letting them know that you've satisfied the ticket and that suspension will be removed.

If it's child support issues, I've been down to the Department of Revenue on numerous occasions with clients dealing with them, dealing with child support, getting them set up on some payment plans, and allowing them to get clearance letters to continue then to drive to get to work.

If it is insurance issues, we can help you get the right information to get to the DHSMV letting them know what your current insurance situation is.

Regardless of the issue, you want to get your license cleared up; you want to have a valid license in Florida. What needs to be done is we can sit down for a free consultation. We'll pull your driving record, we'll take a look at it, we'll see what issues are on there, and what can be done. If we can avoid those suspensions from going into place, then we'll do that. If the suspension has already gone into place, we'll get it cleared up; we'll get you reinstated. If for some reason we're unable to get you a full driver's license, we'll potentially look into getting you a hardship license, which will allow you to drive for business purposes.

Regardless, we live in a state where you need to drive and you need to have a valid driver's license.

So give us a call for a free consultation; we'll be happy to sit down with you and your driving record and see what we can do to get all your issues cleared up.

http://www.tampacriminaldefenders.com/AreasOfPractice/SuspendedLicenseFlorida.aspx