What is the name of your state? CO
I was arrested in NJ in 1999 for a dui, at that time I had a CA license and did not live in the state of NJ, was just visiting. I fulfilled all of the NJ DUI requirements and same for CA, my CA license was reinstated and is currently valid so I may drive where I may. I now live in CO and the other day, a cop pulled me over for a minor traffic offense, he told me that I could not drive in the state of CO because NJ still is not allowing me to drive ( I got rid of my NJ license in 1992) so he said that because of the "compact Law" I can only drive in CA not CO. This does not make much sense to me and I have been reading about the compact law of which CA is a compact state, my CA license is currently valid and I am able to drive with it, this I checked with CA DMV.
I did not have a NJ license at the time of my DUI so how can they suspend a license that was surrendered in 1992 because I moved to a different state (NY), the DUI incident occurred in 1999 with a CA license. NJ thinks that I had a NJ license when I received my Dui in 1999, but I clearly did not. I spoke with the NJ dmv and that is exactly what the guy said, he stated to me that the cops put down that I had a NJ license when the incident occurred, this is completely incorrect and I have the CA DMV Driver Records to prove it. My question is basically what is the policy on this and if CA is a compact state and my license is valid in CA I should be able to drive in any other state except for maybe NJ.
Please help.
I was arrested in NJ in 1999 for a dui, at that time I had a CA license and did not live in the state of NJ, was just visiting. I fulfilled all of the NJ DUI requirements and same for CA, my CA license was reinstated and is currently valid so I may drive where I may. I now live in CO and the other day, a cop pulled me over for a minor traffic offense, he told me that I could not drive in the state of CO because NJ still is not allowing me to drive ( I got rid of my NJ license in 1992) so he said that because of the "compact Law" I can only drive in CA not CO. This does not make much sense to me and I have been reading about the compact law of which CA is a compact state, my CA license is currently valid and I am able to drive with it, this I checked with CA DMV.
I did not have a NJ license at the time of my DUI so how can they suspend a license that was surrendered in 1992 because I moved to a different state (NY), the DUI incident occurred in 1999 with a CA license. NJ thinks that I had a NJ license when I received my Dui in 1999, but I clearly did not. I spoke with the NJ dmv and that is exactly what the guy said, he stated to me that the cops put down that I had a NJ license when the incident occurred, this is completely incorrect and I have the CA DMV Driver Records to prove it. My question is basically what is the policy on this and if CA is a compact state and my license is valid in CA I should be able to drive in any other state except for maybe NJ.
Please help.