Court never filed license suspension?

[wbegg]

Update: I went to the Dept. of Safety today and acquired my 7 year driving record. They have no indication of my DUI.

What??

 

[wbegg]

Did some research. According to Tennessee Law,

55-50-502. Suspension of licenses -- Hearings -- Period of suspension or revocation -- Surrender of license -- Restricted license -- Operating under license of another jurisdiction prohibited -- Appeal. [Amended effective June 30, 2012. See the Compiler's Notes.]

(a) (1) The department is authorized to suspend the license of an operator or chauffeur upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee:

(A) Has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation of license is required upon conviction; provided, that in the event of a conviction resulting from the offense, the time of mandatory revocation shall be counted from the date upon which the driver license was received by the department or the circuit court clerk;

What I gather from this is that they could technically still file my license and notice of conviction with the Dept. of Safety, But the suspension would run from the date of conviction (when I handed my license to court clerk) for one year (This April).

I also found this.

http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/brownr_090811.pdf

 

[arsenic]

Sounds like you are in good shape. The court clerk probably never forwarded your license suspension to the DMV. I wouldn't ever mentioned your past history to the DMV again. Almost none of the clerks will care, since it doesn't appear in their computers, and they are petty government bureaucrats. But, you may run into an MADD organizer.

As for the courts, unless you have documentation that you actually turned over your license, they still have a case against you. You may want to look over your court records very carefully. But, unless you turn up again for a criminal driving offense, I doubt that you need to worry about it.

Congratulations.