Charged with A Suspended or Revoked License or Registration Ticket (39:3-40) In NJ
You Face Possible Jail Time, Loss of License And Mandatory Surcharges
See Penalties Listed Below
General Penalties For Driving While Suspended In NJ (39:3-40)
1st Offense*
Fine: $500
Loss of license: 6 Months
In addition, MVC surcharges will apply along with increased insurance costs. Note additional penalties may apply, see below
2nd Offense*
Fine: $750
Loss of license: 6 Months and Imprisonment up to 5 days
In addition, MVC surcharges will apply along with increased insurance costs. Note additional penalties may apply, see below
3rd or Subsequent Offense*
Fine: $1,000
Loss of license: 6 Months and Imprisonment for not less than 10 days
In addition, MVC surcharges will apply along with increased insurance costs.
Note additional penalties may apply, see below
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Additional Penalties Apply For Driving While Suspended In NJ If:
- Offense occurs within 1000 feet of school property or school crossing zone
- Offense occurs when violator was suspended for a conviction of a DWI, DUI or Refusal
- Offense occurs with an accident resulting in personal injury to another
- Offense occurs while violators license was suspended for failure to carry liability insurance
NJ Driving While Suspended Facts:
- Driving with a suspended license or registration can happen without your knowledge
- NJ does not have a to work or conditional license, when you lose your license you lose it, you can't drive
- If convicted of driving while suspended in NJ you will pay surcharges to the state of NJ for three years no matter how long your license is suspended for
- Even if your insurance company does not drop your coverage (many will) your insurance will go up drastically.
- The record of your conviction will not go away over time it stays on your license for life.
- Your license or registration can be suspended for too many points or even too many EZ-Pass Violations.
Attorney H. Scott Aalsberg has a 98% success rate in winning, reducing, or eliminating the penalties for all NJ Driving with a Suspended License or Registration tickets. Put Attorney Aalsberg's high rate of success to work for you!
EZ - Pass Violations and Your Registration in NJ:
In NJ if you receive too many unpaid EZ-Pass Violations your vehicles registration may be suspended by the MVC. Posted below is a simplified version of the law showing that you can be suspended two ways:
1) If you have unpaid tolls and fees of $500 or more within 3 years
2) You have 6 or more toll violations with at least one of the violations occurring after January 16, 2024.
Currently an Amnesty Period is in effect. If you owe money to ez-pass for violations in NJ or elsewhere, call our office to set up a consultation to learn how you may qualify for this amnesty program and avoid your registration from being suspended.
Defenses Exist to a NJ Suspended License or Registration Ticket. Don't Just Give Up We Can Help!
Many Defenses exist to a suspended license ticket. But even if no defense can be found, your conduct after the fact can also be considered. The best defense is to never have been truly suspended and this can be because proper notice was not given that your license was suspended. Other defenses include an improper stop. In a recent 2018 case State vs. Sutherland a Motorist had 1 out of 4 rear brake lights out. NJ Law states that you must have a rear brake light, but it does not say that all must be working. Generally a mistake of law by a police officer will be a grounds for allowing a stop, but it must be an reasonable mistake. In this case the court ruled that the officers reason for the stop was not an objectively reasonable mistake of law because the pertinent motor vehicle statutes were not ambiguous. The court noted that mistakes of law could only pass constitutional scrutiny where the statute at issue was ambiguous. However, the court did state that the stop may still have been reasonable if the police officer was performing a proper stop based on the invocation of the community caretaking doctrine. However, this shows convictions can be reversed if you have a good lawyer that knows the law. Attorney H. Scott Aalsberg has represented over 12,000 clients over the past 30 years, is endorsed by over 225 Attorneys Nationwide and has been recognized as a Top Criminal and Traffic Ticket Lawyer by more than 5 respected legal organizations. If you want the best chance of winning your suspended license ticket you need the best defense and that comes from hiring the best lawyer.
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In You Are Charged with Driving with a Suspended License, the Prosecutor MUST prove a minimum of 3 facts for a conviction:
- You were the person driving
- Your license was actually suspended or revoked
- You knew that your license was suspended
Knowing that your license was suspended is however not your state of mind it is whether you should have known that your license was suspended based on the facts of the case. This last point often serves as the most successful defense, however merely stating that you did not know your license was suspended is not enough to win your case. Additional evidence must be presented to win your case. Thus, you need an experienced suspended license lawyer if you want to have a chance of winning. A law may sound simple on its face, example: The constitution states that you have the right to bear arms (own a gun) but as you know if you try to walk down the street with a gun and you don't have a license to have it, you will be arrested, charged, convicted and jailed. The same is true for a suspended license if you don't prepare the proper defense you will lose. Attorney Aalsberg has a 98%* Success Rate to Win, Reduce or Eliminate the penalties a suspended license charge carries, put his success rate to work for you. For More information please call our office and setup the free in office consultation or click here to go to our dedicated Suspended License Website: www.njsuspendedlicense.com