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If your Florida drivers license has been suspended, this could affect your job and your family member’s lives.  When the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DMV or DHSMV) suspends your license, it has an impact on your life.  A Jacksonville Suspended Drivers License Attorney may be able to help you obtain a valid Florida license.

The first thing that your Jacksonville drivers license lawyer will need to look at is the reason for your drivers license suspension.  Your Florida Drivers License can be suspended for several reasons.  There are two common reasons.  One is for unpaid Florida speeding tickets or Jacksonville traffic tickets.  If you do not pay your tickets, your drivers license will remain suspended for an indefinite time period.  The Florida DMV will not reinstate your license until the tickets are paid, but this creates another problem.  The other most popular way a Florida drivers license is suspended is due to points.  If you have too many points on your driving record, you license will be suspended. A Jacksonville Drivers License Lawyer can look at your Florida driving record and work with the court to help you obtain a valid license.

Driving on a suspended or revoked license is not a good idea.  Your first Florida suspended drivers license ticket is usually charged as a civil traffic ticket.  This is a civil infraction instead of  a criminal traffic charge.  Imagine that you are ticketed for a Jacksonville Driving with a Suspended or Revoked Drivers License.  You did not know that your license was suspended.  This is unknowingly driving on a suspended or revoked license.  This is a Florida civil traffic ticket.  It is not a crime under Florida’s traffic laws.  You do have the option to pay this suspended license ticket without setting a court date or hiring a Jacksonville lawyer.  This is not a good idea.  Driving on a suspended or revoked license tickets can be used against you later on.  Sometimes, they will lead to your Florida drivers license being suspended a Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) in Jacksonville.  Your license will be suspended for 5 years as a Jacksonville Florida Habitual Traffic Offender.   If you are worried about a five year drivers license suspension, talk to a Jacksonville Lawyer with experience with habitual traffic offenders.  It does not matter if your license was suspended in Nassau, Clay, Duval, or St. Johns County.  Call 20 Miles Law at (904) 564-2525.

Some Florida traffic tickets are also criminal offenses.  Just because you did not get arrested, it does not mean that you are not being charged with a crime.  A criminal arrest will create criminal record.  You may not be able to seal or expunge this Florida criminal record. Jacksonville reckless driving and Florida DUI charges are crimes.  Jacksonville leaving the scene of an accident or “hit and run” is a crime.  Driving on a suspended or revoked license is a crime if it was knowingly.   At 20 Miles Law, a Jacksonville Drivers License Attorney with years of experience will try to help you fix your Florida divers license and avoid a conviction.

Regardless of your situation with your Florida drivers license, contact a Jacksonville criminal attorney about your case.  Even a traffic ticket may not be as minor as you think it is.  You can call or email 20 Miles Law to talk to a Florida attorney about your case.