Lost your license due to a missed court date?

Yeah, it might still be revoked!

When you get a ticket in North Carolina, you have to a) show up for court and work it out, b) hire a lawyer to do that, or, in some circumstances, c) just pay it off.

If you don’t do any of these things, then the court gives you 20 days to get your junk together and go to the court house to say mea culpa and get a new court date.  If you do, you then reset and get those options above.

But if you miss your court date and don’t get it rescheduled within 20 days this is reported to DMV.  The clock starts running on you then and if you don’t meet DMV’s deadline they will revoke your license indefinitely.

This happens to a lot of people, and some of them call me to fix things.  Some of them go to court themselves, some hire other attorneys.

What most people don’t realize is that even if you handle that ticket that revoked you your license is still going to be revoked until you contact DMV to pay a reinstatement fee.  A lot of people don’t do this, so even when they think they’re fixed, they’re not.

Just don’t miss your court date.  That’s the best way to avoid trouble.  Call and attorney or show up.

But if you do miss it make sure you get some help and don’t forget to contact DMV after the ticket is resolved or you could end up with even more headache.