Reinstatement

PennDOT's driver's manual, which is agency guidance rather than a statute, explains that when a driving privilege is suspended, revoked or disqualified, a written notice is mailed listing the date the sanction begins. The manual states that the sanction starts on that effective date regardless of when the license or acknowledgment form is surrendered, and that surrendering early does not start the sanction early.

On getting the privilege back, the manual is direct: in addition to serving the sanction, the restoration requirements must be satisfied before the driving privilege will be restored. The excerpt does not list those requirements, and it does not settle any particular driver's current status. A lawyer in Pennsylvania can explain which restoration requirements apply in a given case.

Missouri's administrative-review statute describes a different mechanism: rescinding a licensing order rather than restoring a privilege after a sanction ends. At the Missouri hearing, the sole issue is whether, by a preponderance of the evidence, the person was driving under the circumstances set out in a separately cross-referenced section of Missouri law, and the burden of proof is on the state. If the department finds the affirmative of that issue, the suspension or revocation order is sustained; if it finds the negative, the order is rescinded.

New Mexico's statute addresses yet another situation. The administrative hearings office may postpone or continue a licensing hearing on its own motion, or upon application from the person and for good cause shown, within the provision's stated maximum period. Upon a continuance, the department extends the validity of the temporary license for the period of the postponement or continuation. That extension concerns the temporary license during the continuance, rather than restoration after serving a sanction.

Deadlines, limits and penalty ranges are set by each state’s statutes, so this page does not state them. Each state page shows them with the official source and the date they were verified — or says plainly that a figure has not been confirmed yet.