Areas of Practice

• DMV Points
• Insurance Points
• Traffic Ticket Dismissal
• Improper Equipment
• Traffic Offenses & DWI
• School Zone Violations
• Unlawfully Passing an Emergency Vehicle
• Work Zone Violations
• Failure to Appear
• License Suspension & Revocation
• Limited Driving Privileges
• Drunk Driving - DWI & DUI
• Prayer for Judgment

NC Driver's License Suspension & Revocation

North Carolina licensees are subject to having their license suspended for various traffic violations. While North Carolina does not have the jurisdiction to revoke the license of out-of-state licensees, the State of North Carolina does have authority to order license suspensions or license revocations in North Carolina.

Driving While Impaired (DWI or DUI) is the most common offense that causes a license suspension or a license revocation for an individual. Simply being charged with drunk driving will cause the North Carolina licensee's license to be revoked for a period of thirty days. Further license revocations are caused if the driver is convicted of the DWI or if the individual charged with drunk driving refuses to take the Intoxilyzer 5000 (Breathalyzer) test used to determine the BAC.

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Accumulation of twelve (12) DMV points in a three (3) year experience period is another threshold that will cause an individual's license to be revoked in North Carolina. If there have been prior license suspensions, the DMV can revoke one's license for as few as eight (8) accumulated points during the same experience period.

Certain combinations of offenses can cause license revocations as well. For example, in a period of one (1) year, two (2) offenses of Careless and Reckless Driving, two traffic offenses of speeding in a speed limit zone of greater than 55 mph, or a Careless and Reckless Driving speeding in a speed limit zone of greater than 55 mph can each cause license revocations. The amount of the time of each license suspension depends on the specific combination of offenses.

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One's North Carolina driver's license can be revoked for traveling over 15 mph over the speed limit zone of greater than 55 mph. Generally; such traffic offenses are misdemeanors and will require a mandatory court appearance. However, drivers in North Carolina must be wary of the work zone violations which are, by statute, infraction offenses and do not evoke mandatory appearances. Thus, work zone tickets in North Carolina can be paid without making a court appearance and is a frequent license revocation pitfall for the unwary.

Being convicted of a traffic or moving violation while one's North Carolina driver's license is revoked causes further license suspensions. Even if the individual has resolved the underlying license revocation at the time they appear in court for the new traffic offense, a conviction of a moving violation will start an additional period of license revocation or suspension.

This is not a comprehensive list of offenses that can cause license revocations and license suspension in North Carolina. For some of the license revocations and license suspensions discussed above, it may be possible to obtain a Limited Driving Privilege.

Contact us (919) 942-8002 today, to discuss your offense with an experienced criminal attorney at Everett Law Firm, P.A., located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and serving the surrounding counties.