IN COURT SUSPENSION

Another way a driver can be suspended is by a court ordered suspension. A municipal court judge often suspends a driver for DWI, reckless driving, passing a school bus, etc. The most common municipal court violations where a driver are suspended are for DWI, (7 months to a 1 year suspension), driving without liability insurance (mandatory 1 year suspension), possession of marijuana or paraphernalia, (6 months to a 2 year suspension).

Quite often drivers are desperate, and they drive even when they receive a court ordered suspension. It is much more difficult to defend a court ordered driving while suspended case, rather than a driving while suspended on administrative grounds. Moreover, the courts sentence drivers more harshly if they drive while suspended, pursuant to a court ordered license suspension.

In a court ordered driving while suspended cases, the prosecutor will only have to introduce a certified abstract that establishes that the driver was suspended. Obviously, this type of proof is must less stringent, than the proofs in an administrative suspension.