Legal Question in DUI Law in Florida

I have a license in the state of Florida. In Aug. 03' I was arrested in Ohio for DUI. I refused all tests, went to trial and was acquitted. After the automatic 1 year suspension had expired, I had returned to Florida, went into a local DMV, and had my Florida DL reinstated. Shortly thereafter, I was arrested again for DUI, refused all tests, went to trial and was acquitted. Now when this automatic suspension for refusal had passed, I went to a local Florida DMV, and they told me I can't get my license back in Florida until I pay a reinstatement fee in Ohio. Why is that?


Asked on 11/04/09, 9:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

Because the Ohio computer is telling the Florida computer (and probably almost all the other states, since most states are now linked), not to give you a reinstatement until the Ohio fee is paid. Don't think of the fee as having a license reinstated (because you don't have an Ohio license), think of it as having the privilege to drive in the U.S. reinstated. That's how the law sees it.

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Answered on 11/09/09, 10:15 pm


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