Dear doomey-ga;
I can save you the trouble of any clarifications and answer your
questions directly. With regard to the likelihood that state of
Wisconsin would ?find out? that you had indeed previously been
licensed in some other state, the answer is ABSOLUTELY. Within a few
minutes of your application your name and information will be fed into
a national database called NCIC (National Crime Information Center ?
which, incidentally, I also happen to hold a certification with) that
will reveal any and all vehicle licenses, and state ID cards that you
have held (whether they are valid, suspended, revoked, or whatever). I
have been certified by the agency as a terminal operator for almost 25
years so I can vouch for the fact that this discovery requires little
more than some typed code and a flip of the wrist. There are in fact
many people with the same name in this world but the law enforcement
community has already figured that out - each person is issued a
unique FBI number and a unique SID (State ID number) so they and their
driver and criminal history can be easily tracked. You have one and so
do I.
It should also be noted that Wisconsin?s policy is to flat out refrain
from issuing a Wisconsin driver license to ANY person who currently
holds a suspended or revoked license in ANY state where the suspension
or revocation ?requires mandatory suspension or revocation in
Wisconsin?. In other words, if the reason your license was suspended
in revoked in another state would have been a violation serious enough
according to Wisconsin law to have warranted a suspended or revoked
had the offense had occurred in the state of Wisconsin, the state of
Wisconsin WILL NOT issue you a license until your out-of-state license
is fully restored and reinstated BY THE STATE WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY
SUSPENDED.
The short explanation is NO. You can?t get a new license in Wisconsin
until your old license is FIRST made valid again by the state that the
suspended it:
OBTAINING A DRIVER LICENSE WITH A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE
?If your driver license is revoked or suspended in another state but
you have not been convicted of anything that requires mandatory
suspension or revocation in Wisconsin you must contact the state(s) in
which you have had your driver license suspended or revoked, and
reinstate your driver license in that state(s). You may then apply for
a Wisconsin driver license.?
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
http://www.dot.state.wi.us/drivers/drivers/apply/nonreside/oos-suspend.htm
Pointing out the statute mentioned by my colleague, Wisconsin can (and
very well may) jail you should you get caught trying to lie on a
license application. In addition, should the state later learn that
your application was fraudulent, even your new Wisconsin license (if
it actually went that far) would probably end up being revoked for
misrepresentation. I would also remind you that in this era of
increased security in such matters, your attempt to defraud the state
in obtaining this license would be considered a very serious
infraction indeed. It could essentially be tantamount to attempting to
fraudulently obtain state identification, and could theoretically,
result in a significantly exaggerated investigation, embarrassing
publicity and substantial (i.e. made an example of) penalty. The fact
that Wisconsin WOULD DEFINTELY find out that you are not telling the
truth (probably before you even left the application office) if you
were to try and mislead the DMV about your previous licensure would
certainly not be worth the risks involved.
I hope you find that my research exceeds your expectations. If you
have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating
and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again
in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher
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Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
19 Jul 2005 06:52 PDT
Sure. No problem?.
DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT (DLC) - An agreement between states that
basically says you have only ONE drivers license record. Meaning, if
you violate the law in one state it goes on your record (and stays)
with whatever license you hold.
NON-RESIDENT VIOLATOR COMPACT (NRVC) ? An agreement between states to
that communicate with one another (i.e. pass along information) if you
get a ticket out of your home state.
Now, as it turns out, Wisconsin is not a member of either compact so,
as for how that state would respond to other states is a moot point.
California, on the other hand, is a member of the NVRC and Arizona and
Colorado are members of both compacts. The compacts are designed to
allow for reciprocity in that a state will report a violation back to
THE HOME STATE of licensure should someone be charged with a
violation. In a case like yours, where the violation happened long
before the move to another state, the compacts (and who is or is not a
member state) will not come into play. States have long since shared
information via NCIC even before these compacts were created, and the
ability to determine if someone has a valid license (or ever held a
license at all) has always been at law enforcement?s and DMV?s
disposal.
That said, I don?t believe these compacts will have any bearing on
whether or not you can pull this off in Wisconsin. The fact remains
that the information is already recorded in NCIC and Wisconsin has the
ability to find out about it even if the other states refused to
cooperate - and as I mentioned previously, Wisconsin has a strict
policy against issuing licenses to people who are suspended or revoked
in other states.
DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT
http://www.criminaldefensedenver.com/interstatecompact.htm
4 CAR INSURANCE QUOTES: RECIPROCITY
http://www.4carinsurancequotes.com/reciprocity.htm
Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
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