“Having a criminal case can actually impact your privilege to drive or your driver's license in Colorado. Now, the most common way we see this is with DUI charges, you have to deal with both the criminal court side for the criminal charge of driving under the influence. And you have to deal with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the DMV for driving while intoxicated in some form or fashion.”
“So it costs about 30 bucks in the state of Colorado to issue a warrant for someone's arrest. And so they will put a hold on the court system saying hey, there's an outstanding judgment warrant $30 fee, but then they'll report you to the DMV and the DMV will snag your license. So this becomes especially tricky if you are charged with something and aren't aware of it and then you fail to show up and then you have no valid license.”
“So yes, a criminal case can affect your license even if it has nothing to do with a traffic case. If one of those other issues are happening. The best way to find out if your license is going to be impacted is to contact a criminal defense attorney.”
“okay a privilege to drive in a state is not the same thing as being licensed to drive in that state privilege to drive just means hey if you are on the road and you're driving on that road and you're legally a u.s citizen and you're allowed to just be driving around you have a privilege to drive no matter if you are from arizona driving in colorado or colorado driving in texas you have a privilege to drive that is very different from being licensed in that specific state so for example if you are a licensed texas holder or you have a license in texas that was a weird way to say that if you have a license in texas but you're driving in colorado you still have a privilege to drive in colorado that can be revoked even though you don't have an actual license here”
“a privilege to drive in a state is not the same thing as being licensed to drive in that state”
Alexis explains: "So it costs about 30 bucks in the state of Colorado to issue a warrant for someone's arrest. And so they will put a hold on the court system saying hey, there's an outstanding judgment warrant $30 fee, but then they'll report you to the DMV and the DMV will snag your license. So this becomes especially tricky if you are charged with something and aren't aware of it and then you fail to show up and then you have no valid license."
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Alexis explains: "So yes, a criminal case can affect your license even if it has nothing to do with a traffic case. If one of those other issues are happening. The best way to find out if your license is going to be impacted is to contact a criminal defense attorney."
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Each answer links directly to the source where a Right Law Group attorney addressed this question.
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a DUI case
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helped me get a DUI case dismissed in El Paso county
pulled over in Manitou Springs and accused of a DUI… even though I was completely sober!
They took the time to hear me out, review every detail of my case, and make sure I was never left in the dark
Dismissed at the DMV hearing, and dismissed in court