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In my first post, Driving While Suspended, Part One, I examined the consequences both civil and criminal of a Driving While Suspended charge.

The next several posts will be about how your license came to be suspended in the first place, and the remedy for getting it back.

The most common Driving While Suspended charge I handle is when someone forgets to pay a ticket.  It may slip their mind or they may just ignore the ticket.  But somehow – a moving violation was not paid.

In some cases, you will receive notice from the Department of Revenue that your license is unpaid because of a “Failure to Appear” warrant.  But other times, the DOR will not notify you at all and the first you hear of the suspension is when you are pulled over for something else.  (The best way to get timely notices is to keep your address current on your driver’s license.)

So your license is suspended because of an unpaid ticket.  What do you do next?  First, call the Department of Revenue (573-526-2407) and find out the city with the unpaid ticket.  The DOR will also give you the phone number & the ticket number of the outstanding ticket.

Call the city to find out how you can take care of the warrant.  Many times, you can go in & pay the ticket and the warrant will disappear (of course, that will result in points so that may not be the most ideal scenario).  You may also have to put up a bond and get a new court date.

Either way, you will want to get a Letter of Compliance.  This letter tells the Department of Revenue that you have taken care of the warrant.  This letter can be brought into a Department of Revenue office or you can even fax it to them at  (573) 526-2511.

There is also usually a reinstatement fee of $20 for a Failure to Appear Suspension.

An attorney (like myself) can help you with some of these steps as well.

Part One focused on the civil and criminal ramifications of a Driving Under the Influence.

Part Three will focus on Points Suspensions.

Truman Tickets serves clients charged with Driving While Suspended.  Please call or fill out the Estimate Form so we can help you with your ticket.  The choice of a lawyer is important and should not be based solely on advertisements.