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Alabama driving lesson · You May Lose Your License

Reinstatement fees, cancellation and revocation

A 3-minute lesson from the Alabama course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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You May Lose Your License
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6
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19

A conviction can cost you more than the court's punishment. ALEA can also take your license through cancellation, revocation, suspension or disqualification, and getting it back always costs money.

Fees to get your license back

Fees to get your license back
SituationFee
Canceled, suspended, revoked or disqualifiedReinstatement fee of not less than $100
Didn't surrender your license in the time allowedAdditional $50
Reinstatement after a drug-related convictionAdditional $25
Suspension for non-payment of child supportAdditional $50
Handbook p. 19 ↗

Cancellation

The ALEA Director cancels a license on finding you weren't entitled to it, including when you gave missing or incorrect information or committed fraud on the application.

Handbook p. 19 ↗

Revocation

Your license is taken after certain convictions. When the revocation period ends, you apply for a new license and must pass the complete examinations.

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The Director must revoke your license on conviction for:

  • Manslaughter or homicide resulting from operating a motor vehicle
  • Driving or being in actual physical control under the influence of liquor: 2nd or later conviction
  • Driving while a habitual user or under the influence of a controlled substance: 2nd or later conviction
  • Using a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony
  • Failing to stop, render aid or identify yourself in a crash causing death or injury
  • Perjury or a false affidavit or statement under oath to the Director about vehicle laws
  • Three reckless driving convictions within 12 months
  • Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle belonging to another
Handbook p. 19 ↗
3 in 12 months

Reckless driving convictions that require revocation

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Know the rule

You must pay the reinstatement fee and meet all other state-law requirements before you can be relicensed.

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Put it into practice

Your license was revoked and you didn't surrender it on time. To be relicensed you pay the reinstatement fee of at least $100 plus an extra $50. Because it was a revocation, you must also pass the complete examinations again.

Check your understanding

Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.

What is the minimum reinstatement fee after an Alabama license is canceled, suspended, or revoked?
  1. $25
  2. $50
  3. $100
  4. $200

Answer: $100

A driver whose license was canceled, suspended, revoked, or disqualified must pay a reinstatement fee of not less than $100.

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Failing to surrender your license within the time allowed after it is revoked adds what additional fee?
  1. $100
  2. $10
  3. $25
  4. $50

Answer: $50

Failure to surrender your license within the time allowed results in an additional $50 fee.

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The Director of ALEA may cancel a driver license upon determining what?
  1. The person was not entitled to it
  2. The driver has 4 or more points
  3. The driver has one reckless driving conviction
  4. The driver moved to another state

Answer: The person was not entitled to it

ALEA's Director may cancel a license upon determining a person was not entitled to it, including cases of fraud on the application.

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Which conviction requires the Director of ALEA to revoke your license?
  1. A single speeding ticket
  2. Manslaughter resulting from operating a motor vehicle
  3. Failure to signal once
  4. A first reckless driving conviction

Answer: Manslaughter resulting from operating a motor vehicle

Manslaughter or homicide resulting from operating a motor vehicle is a mandatory revocation offense.

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How many reckless driving convictions within 12 months lead to mandatory license revocation?
  1. Two
  2. Five
  3. Three
  4. One

Answer: Three

Three reckless driving convictions within 12 months require the Director to revoke your license.

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A second or subsequent DUI conviction (alcohol) requires what license action?
  1. A 90-day suspension
  2. Six points on the record
  3. A 60-day suspension
  4. Mandatory revocation

Answer: Mandatory revocation

A second or subsequent DUI conviction requires the Director to revoke the driver's license.

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