Your driver’s license can be suspended for a multitude of reasons.  The most common reason is that you plead guilty or are found guilty of a criminal offense.  For example, a DUI conviction will suspend your driver’s license, as will many other traffic charges.  Even some non- traffic charges will suspend your driver’s license.  A conviction for any drug offense including misdemeanor possession of Marijuana can suspend your driver’s license.

Your license can also be suspended due to accumulation of points.  In Georgia, if you accumulate 15 or more points on your Driver’s license within 24 months your license may be suspended.  This suspension can last a year for your first offense.

Being convicted of a criminal or traffic offense is not the only way your driver’s license can be suspended.  Your driver’s license can be suspended for failure to appear in court.  If you fail to appear in court after receiving a traffic ticket, your license can suspended until you pay the fine, court cost and a reinstatement fee.  Another common reason drivers licenses are suspended is for failure to pay child support pursuant to Georgia Code Section 40-5-54.1.  Certain medical conditions such as seizures can lead to our license being suspended until you provide proof of being seizure free for six months.  Driving without insurance can suspend your license.

 Once your driver’s license is suspended if you are caught driving your license can suspended for a longer period of time and land you in jail.

Legal disclaimer: The information contained on this page and this entire website is for informational purposes only and are not intended as legal advice.  You should always consult an attorney before taking legal action.  Reading this website or any website is not a substitute for a trained attorney.  This website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Shawn Bible Law Firm.  Mr. Bible serves all Northwest Georgia, including the cities of Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Dalton, Lafayette, Trenton, Summerville and Rossville, in the counties of Catoosa, Walker, Chattooga, Dade, and Whitfield.

The new Super Speeder law adds another two-hundred-dollar state-fee for any person convicted of speeding at 75-or-more on any two-lane roads.  OR convicted of speeding at 85-and-over on any road in Georgia. Those new state fees will be in addition to any local fines already in effect in the jurisdiction where the speeding offense occurs.  In other words, if you pay ticket for speeding you can get another fine in the mail later from the State.

This law went into effect  in January 2010.  Fees collected under the new ‘SuperSpeeder Law’ will be used to help fund Georgia’s trauma care hospital system.