North Carolina DMV Hearing Attorneys of Kurtz & Blum
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has the authority to suspend your license without a preliminary hearing in a number of circumstances. If your license is revoked, you may have the opportunity to attend a hearing to have your driving privileges reinstated. You are entitled to have an attorney present at this hearing. Doing so will likely improve your chances of getting your license back.
There are several types of DMV hearings:
- A DMV Medical Hearing
- A Driving While License Revoked Hearing
- A DWI Restoration Hearing
- A DWI Refusal Hearing
If you have a DWI hearing at the DMV, please see our DWI Related DMV Hearings page.
A DMV Medical Hearing
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles can revoke someone’s license for a medical condition, such as epilepsy or diabetes. It is possible to apply for a DMV Medical hearing and win back your privilege to drive. As with any other DMV hearing, the key is proving that you will be a safe and responsible driver.
At these hearings, you will face a medical review panel of DMV hearing officers. At Kurtz & Blum, PLLC, we take the time to fully understand your medical condition and the factors that led to revocation of your license. We can work closely with your medical professional to ensure we present convincing, accurate and up-to-date information.
A Driving While License Revoked Hearing
After three or more moving violations during a period of revocation, the DMV will impose what is called a permanent revocation. In actuality, these types of permanent revocations mean that a licensee is revoked for between three and four years. Ideally, after two years of not accumulating any convictions for moving violations, the revoked individual is eligible for and should secure a limited driving privilege. After three years of revocation an individual who is permanently revoked becomes eligible for a hearing at the Department of Motor Vehicles. If that individual held a limited driving privilege for the last year of revocation then they will not need to produce witnesses at the hearing. On the other hand, if no limited driving privilege was obtained, the revoked individual must present testimony from two witnesses, preferably from their household, who can testify to the fact that they have not been driving. It is likely that a hearing officer will also inquire about drug and alcohol habits during this hearing. The sooner the attorneys at Kurtz & Blum, PLLC are involved in this process the greater our chance for success. If you were permanently revoked for multiple moving violations during a period of revocation and you are approaching eligibility for a hearing, call us, we can help.
If you have further questions, please feel free to read through our frequently asked questions page, which includes a section on DMV hearings. Otherwise, you may of course contact us directly.
Our traffic attorneys help people throughout Wake County, North Carolina. We frequently handle offenses arising out of the following cities: Fuquay-Varina, New Hope, Apex, Garner, Wake Forest, Knightdale, Rolesville, Zebulon, Holly Springs, Raleigh, Morrisville, Wendell and Cary.
