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Sumter County Florida Suspended License Attorney

If you receive a ticket or are arrested for driving on a suspended license in Sumter County Florida you need to talk to an attorney. You could be passing by on I-75 or a Sumter County resident. Either way these cases are serious and if handled incorrectly could result in large insurance increases and in some cases a 5 year license suspension. Our Sumter County suspended license attorneys are former prosecutors that have first-hand knowledge on how these cases are handled by the State Attorney’s office in Bushnell and how to defend them. In 2014 Sumter County had 969 suspended license cases. Over half of those cases were suspended license with knowledge with a total of 535. Sumter County suspended license cases are handled at Sumter County Courthouse 215 E. McCollum Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513. An experienced Sumter County suspended license lawyer can help you navigate the process to minimize the long term consequences of a criminal allegation.

Florida suspended license cases are enhanceable offenses. A first time driving on a suspended license case is a second degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine, court cost and a maximum of 60 days jail, 6 months of probation or any combination of the two. The second driving while license suspended case (DWLS) is a first degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, court cost and a maximum of 364 days jail, 12 months of probation or any combination of the two. A third DWLS offense is a third degree felony punishable by up to a $5,000 fine, court cost and a maximum of 5 years in prison, 60 months of probation or any combination of the two. The bigger issue with a felony suspended license case is that it could result in a felony conviction. This means you could have to register as a convicted felon, could not vote and could not own a firearm.

If you have 3 suspended license cases within a 5 year period your license will be suspended for 5 years and you will be designated as a habitual traffic offender or HTO. DUI or a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used and leaving the scene of a crash with injuries also count as one of the three strikes towards HTO designation. You can also be designated as a habitual traffic offender for fifteen moving traffic offense convictions for which points may be assessed. Florida uses the conviction date (end of the oldest case) to offense date (beginning of the newest case to establish three strikes within 5 years.

A non-criminal Sumter County suspended license without knowledge ticket can also county as a strike towards habitual traffic offender designation. Sumter County had 434 driving on a suspended license without knowledge tickets in 2014. Don’t pay a Florida suspended license ticket without talking to our Sumter County suspended license attorneys. Our suspended license attorneys can help keep you out of court and fight to get you the best possible result in your suspended license case. Our goal is to keep you out of jail and get you back on the road as soon as possible. Call today to set up your free initial consultation.

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Attorney Kelly C. Johnson
1900 North Donnelly Street
Mount Dora, Florida 32757
PHONE (352)-735-4342
CELL (407)-883-6853
FAX (407)-732-4834

kjohnson@kjlawpa.com