NEW ORLEANS SUSPENDED LICENSE ATTORNEY

Having a suspended driver’s license in New Orleans can create an enormous impact on your ability to get back and forth to work, take your children to school, or accomplish other important tasks in life. Being caught driving on a suspended license can result in additional fines, an impounded vehicle, an additional year or more of driver’s license suspension, and even incarceration. Don’t take that chance, especially when help is available. An experienced New Orleans suspended license attorney can do a number of things to protect your right to drive.

How a New Orleans Suspended License Attorney Can Help You

There are a number of actions a New Orleans suspended license attorney can take on your behalf to reduce or even eliminate the consequences of a suspended license, depending on the details of your case, such as:

• Work out a plea deal with the prosecutor where you plead guilty to a lesser offense, reducing the money you have to pay for your traffic ticket and/or the consequences you face for the conviction
• Fight the charges that resulted in a driver’s license suspension in an attempt to have them dropped—if the charges are dropped, then your license will no longer be suspended
• Help you apply for a hardship license or with the process of reinstating your license after your suspension period is over

Reasons Your License Can Be Suspended in New Orleans

There are several reasons your license can be suspended in New Orleans, including:

• Excessive moving violations: Although Louisiana does not use the “point system” for determining how many moving violations you can receive before your license is suspended, they do have a system of tracking your violations called the Problem Driver Pointer System and will suspend your license if you receive too many tickets in a short period of time.
• Driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol: The length of your driver’s license suspension depends on the severity of the offense and how many previous impairment-related convictions you’ve had in the past.
• Driving without a license, on a suspended license, or without maintaining the required level of insurance for drivers in Louisiana
• Using the vehicle while committing a felony
• Driving-related violations such as reckless driving, being at-fault for a fatal accident, or other offenses such as failing to stop for a stopped school bus that has its stop sign arm extended
• Failing to pay traffic tickets, or not paying child support
  Refusing to submit to a chemical alcohol test for suspected DUI when requested

How Do You Know if Your License Has Been Suspended?

While you would think that information about driver’s license suspensions would be given to you in person or mailed to you, many Louisiana drivers have to learn about their suspension by completing a Louisiana Reinstatement Inquiry with the DMV. Simply enter the last four digits of your social security number and your driver’s license number. If your license is under suspension, you will be provided with instructions as to the steps you need to take to get it back.