A temporary restricted license-paper copy is given a 90-day time frame to allow for our restricted unit to review the documentation submitted by the driver when originally issued, and determine eligibility for approval or denial of the hard copy restricted license. If you have not received your hard copy restricted license or any notification regarding this within 30 days from the expiration date of your temporary restricted license please follow back up with the department.
A restricted license can only be approved for one violation type, and all other violation types must be cleared by reinstating.
Upon a Failure to Appear being received from the court, the driver is notified by the Department that he/she has 30 days to satisfy the court of the citation and submit a release to the Department. Per state law there is only a 30-day window to submit corrections such as a ‘reset court date’, ‘dismissed’, and satisfied (within 30 days) to reverse pending suspension action from the Department. After the 30-day time frame the court document is used as compliance by the department. The driver owes a $65 reinstatement fee to reinstate their license. T.C.A. 55-50-502(a)(1)(I)
A driver has 30 days from the Department’s post date for a court reported Failure to Pay (FTP) to avoid suspension action. If a compliance is dated prior to our post date the system sees that as a prior payment plan and will not accept.
A person who is charged with speeding, subsequently convicted, and who successfully completes a department-approved 4-hour traffic school within ninety (90) days of the conviction shall have the assigned points for the speeding conviction removed; provided, that five (5) points is the maximum number of points that may be removed from the person's driving record. This section may be applied to only one (1) speeding offense for each driving course completed and only once in a 5-year period.