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When will I be reinstated?

My license was suspended a few months ago. How do I determine when it will be reinstated?

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  Kenneth D. Brown, Esq.

  If a defendant is convicted of an offense for which Georgia law mandates the suspension or revocation of the driver’s license or privilege to drive by operation of law, the actual suspension of the license and/or privilege to drive becomes effective at the time of the conviction/disposition. However, for purposes of calculating eligibility for reinstatement, the following conditions apply:

  For all dispositions prior to July 1, 2004

  For the purpose of making any determination under O.C.G.A. §40-5-61 relating to the return of revoked or suspended licenses to drivers, no period of revocation or suspension shall begin until the license is surrendered to DDS or a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever date shall first occur. If the license is lost, or for any other reason surrender to DDS is impossible, the period of revocation or suspension may begin on the date of the DS-250A setting forth the date and reason for such impossibility. If neither license is surrendered nor the DS-250A submitted, DDS may consider the day after the expiration of the most recently issued license as the surrender date.

  For all dispositions on or after July 1, 2004 - O.C.G.A. §40-5-61(e)

  Whichever of the following three events occurs first will determine when the DDS will begin calculating the customer’s eligibility for reinstatement:

  DISPOSITION DATE if the most recently issued license was surrendered to the court, or a DS-250A Lost License Affidavit was completed, at the time of disposition.

  SURRENDER DATE of the license after disposition but prior to DDS processing the conviction. This date will be used if the most recently issued license is surrendered to the court or DDS, or the licensee completes a DS-250A Lost License Affidavit and gives it to the court or DDS, prior to DDS processing the conviction onto the record.

  PROCESS DATE of the citation or conviction by DDS. In this event, the defendant did not surrender their most recently issued license and did not submit a lost license affidavit to the court on the date of the disposition or to DDS thereafter.

  If you seek additional assistance or would like to speak with an attorney, call us at 404-766-8002 and ask for Ken Brown or email kenbrown@laylawlegal.com 

  
  

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