Follow all traffic laws and regulations to ensure your safety and keep your priviledge to drive.

The State of Georgia considers dangerous, negligent, or incompetent drivers to be a menace to the safety of the general public; therefore, you must not abuse your privilege to drive or you may lose it. As long as you remain a resident of Georgia, your driving record will be on file with the State of Georgia.

There are three ways by which you may lose your driving privileges

Reporting Convictions

After a conviction of a traffic offense, the court will forward notice of that conviction to the State of Georgia.

Mandatory Suspension

The State of Georgia shall mandatorily suspend a license for a conviction of any of the following offenses in Georgia or any other state:

1. Homicide by vehicle.
2. A conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
3. Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.
4. Using a motor vehicle in fleeing or attempting to elude an officer.
5. Fraudulent or fictitious use of, or application for a license.
6. Hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident.
7. Racing.
8. If you refuse to take a chemical test for intoxication, then your license will be suspended for 12 months.
9. Operating a motor vehicle with a revoked, canceled, or suspended registration in violation of Code Section 40-6-15.
10. Conviction for driving without insurance is a 60/90-day suspension.
11. If convicted for driving while license is suspended, revoked or canceled, your driver's license will be further suspended for six months.
12. If you fail to appear in court or respond to a citation, your license may be suspended indefinitely.
13. Your driver's license will be suspended if you are convicted of possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale or transfer of a controlled substance or marijuana.
14. The State of Georgia is authorized to suspend your license if its records or other evidence shows that you have accumulated 15 points within 24 months under the point system, including violations committed out of state.

At the time of the suspension, the points shall be reduced to 0 points.

Mandatory Revocation

Your driver’s license will be revoked in Georgia, or any other state, if you are convicted of one of the following:

1. For any third conviction of a mandatorily suspendable offense within 5 years, you will be declared a habitual violator. This is a five-year revocation.
2. Refusal to submit to a re-examination of driving skills or knowledge of driving rules after receiving notice giving reasonable grounds for such a request.
3. If there is sufficient evidence of incompetence or unfitness to drive, due to incapabilities by reason of disease, mental or physical disability, or by alcohol or drug addiction.

Limited Driving Permits

If you are suspended for a first mandatory conviction, a first or second DUI conviction, or a first or second points suspension or insurance suspension, you may be eligible to apply for a limited permit. Limited Driving Permits may be obtained for:

1. Going to your place of employment or performing the normal duties of your occupation.
2. Not having a form of transportation to receive prescribed medical attention or obtaining prescribed drugs.
3. Attending classes at a college or other regularly scheduled school in which you are enrolled.
4. Attending a driver education, or assessment and treatment program court ordered.
5. To and from Ignition Interlock Centers.

The State of Georgia may specify specific places you may travel to, specific routes of travel, times of travel, specific vehicles or other restrictions the State of Georgia may deem necessary. A limited permit will be non-renewable and will become invalid on the expiration date of permit.

Upon the conviction of a second DUI, such person may apply for and be issued an ignition interlock device limited driving permit at the end of 12 months after the suspension of the driver's license. To be eligible for an interlock permit the licensee must submit proof of completion of DUI alcohol or drug risk reduction program, clinical evaluation, enrollment in treatment or completion of treatment if required by evaluation and installation of an interlock device. At the end of such six-month ignition interlock device limited driving permit, driver may apply for reinstatement of driver's license upon payment of the proper fee.

Under 21 Years of Age Suspension

The driver's license of any person under 21 years of age convicted of any of the following offenses shall be SUSPENDED:

1. Hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Code Section 4-6-270.
2. Racing on highways or streets.
3. Using a motor vehicle in fleeing or attempting to elude an officer.
4. Reckless driving.
5. Any offense for which four or more points are assessable under subsection (c) of Code Section 40-5-57.
   *Unlawful passing of a school bus.
   *Improper passing on a hill or curve.
   *Exceeding the speed limit by 24 miles per hour or more.
6. Purchasing an alcoholic beverage.
7. Driving under the Influence.
8. Aggressive Driving, Code Section 40-6-397. (Item #5)
9. Misrepresenting age for purpose of illegally obtaining any alcoholic beverage (3-3-23 (a) (3)).
10. Misrepresenting identity or using false identification for purpose of purchasing or obtaining any alcoholic beverage (3-3-23 (a) (5) ).
11. The driver's license of any person under 18 years of age who has accumulated a violation point count of four or more points within any 12 month period.

A person whose driver's license has been suspended for driving under the influence shall not be issued a new driver's license without submitting proof of completion of DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program approved by the Department of Human Resources and payment of a $210 fee if processed in person or $200 if processed by mail, and make application for and pass the full driver examination pursuant to Code Section 40-5-27. A person suspended for offenses other than DUI shall submit proof of the completion of a Defensive Driving Program approved by the State of Georgia, payment of the same fee as specified above and apply for and pass the full driver examination pursuant to Code Section 40-5-27.

Length of Suspension

The length of suspension shall be as follows:

A person whose driver's license has been suspended under subsection (a) of Code Section 40-5-57.1 shall:

Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of Code Section 40-5-57.1:

(A) Upon a first suspension, be eligible to apply for and, subject to the examination requirements of Code Section 40-5-27 and payment of the required fees, be issued a new driver's license six months from the date on which the suspended license was surrendered to and received by the Department; and

(B) Upon a second or subsequent such suspension, be eligible to apply for and, subject to the examination
requirements of Code Section 40-5-27 and payment of required fees, be issued a new driver's license12
months from the date on which the suspended license was surrendered to and received by the Department;

If the driver's license was suspended for violation of Code Section 40-6-391 and the driver's alcohol concentration at the time of the offense was 0.08 grams or more, be eligible to apply for and, subject to the examination requirements of Code Section 40-5-27 and payment of required fees, be issued a new driver's license 12 months from the date on which the suspended license was surrendered to and received by the State of Georgia.

This information was obtained from the State of Georgia.