What is the name of your state? PA
this is kind of complicated. I lived in Pennsylvania from 1990-1999. I moved to Ohio in June, 1999. During the move, on June 7, I recieved a speeding ticket in PA, which I paid. I then turned my pa license over to Ohio and got an Ohio license on June 9, 1999. In January I got a contract in Pittsburgh for about a year (it lasted just 16 months). A couple days before coming to Georgia, I was hit by a woman running a stop sign.
while doing the accident report, the officer ran my license against the PA database, and said I had a PA license that was suspended. Huh? He then confiscated my Ohio License. Now, Pennsylvania Dept of Trans. (Penndot) says I never paid the June 7 ticket and didn't show at a hearing in August, 1999. I did pay the ticket, but have no receipt; so I paid it again. I never received word of a hearing and, anyway, my PA license had been surrendered.
Penndot says they suspended my license for 120 days (points) as a result of the ticket, and another 60 days for not showing for the hearing.
They also say I must serve the 6 month suspension before I can get my license back. Is this legal?
Here's what I'm afraid of: they force me to serve the 6 month suspension. Then, to get my license back, I have to ask PA to reinstate it. Of course, they'll say I'm living in Georgia and don't deserve a PA license, so refuse to reinstate. Meanwhile, I will have lost my Ohio license, which PA siezed and which was in good standing, but Georgia will refuse me a license based on the PA license in suspension because I can't get it reinstated.
Is there a way out of this nightmare?
this is kind of complicated. I lived in Pennsylvania from 1990-1999. I moved to Ohio in June, 1999. During the move, on June 7, I recieved a speeding ticket in PA, which I paid. I then turned my pa license over to Ohio and got an Ohio license on June 9, 1999. In January I got a contract in Pittsburgh for about a year (it lasted just 16 months). A couple days before coming to Georgia, I was hit by a woman running a stop sign.
while doing the accident report, the officer ran my license against the PA database, and said I had a PA license that was suspended. Huh? He then confiscated my Ohio License. Now, Pennsylvania Dept of Trans. (Penndot) says I never paid the June 7 ticket and didn't show at a hearing in August, 1999. I did pay the ticket, but have no receipt; so I paid it again. I never received word of a hearing and, anyway, my PA license had been surrendered.
Penndot says they suspended my license for 120 days (points) as a result of the ticket, and another 60 days for not showing for the hearing.
They also say I must serve the 6 month suspension before I can get my license back. Is this legal?
Here's what I'm afraid of: they force me to serve the 6 month suspension. Then, to get my license back, I have to ask PA to reinstate it. Of course, they'll say I'm living in Georgia and don't deserve a PA license, so refuse to reinstate. Meanwhile, I will have lost my Ohio license, which PA siezed and which was in good standing, but Georgia will refuse me a license based on the PA license in suspension because I can't get it reinstated.
Is there a way out of this nightmare?
