DRIVERS' MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING
LIMITED DRIVING PRIVILEDGES AFTER A DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION
IN A MISSOURI DUI / DWI CASE
I have a felony DWI conviction in Missouri,
can I receive a limited driving privilege to go to work?
In Missouri, there are no
Limited Driving Privileges
given to drivers for
felonies. Any
felony, including
felony DWI,
involving the use of a motor vehicle, will disqualify for life,
a person from getting a hardship. Hagan v. Director of Revenue,
968 S.W.2d 704 (Mo. banc 1998).
| Any state DWI or BAC conviction and any municipal
or county DWI or BAC conviction where the judge was an attorney
and Defendant was represented by counsel or waived the right to
counsel, until the person has completed the first thirty (30)
days of any suspension or revocation; |
| Any vehicular felony within the person's lifetime
in the driving history; Any person who is too young for a license--
RSMo. Section 302.060(1) & (2); |
| Any person who is a habitual drunkard or addicted
to drugs-- RSMo. 302.060(4); |
| Any person who is adjudicated incapacitated within
the person's lifetime unless restored to capacity-- RSMo. Section
302.060(5); |
| Any person who has been required to submit to
a driver's examination and who has failed that examination-- RSMo.
Section 302.060(6); |
| Any person who has an unsatisfied judgment against
them as the result of a motor vehicle accident-- RSMo. Section
302.060(8); |
| Any person who has been convicted three (3) or
more times of DWI or BAC (state, out-of-state, county, or municipal),
where the judge was an attorney and Defendant was represented
by counsel or waived counsel who has not SERVED at least three
(3) years of the denial without any alcohol or drug conviction
within three (3) years of his or her application -- RSMo. Section
302.060(8); |
| Any person who has been convicted two (2) times
within five years of DWI or BAC (state, out-of-state, county,
or municipal), where the judge was an attorney and Defendant was
represented by counsel or waived counsel, for five years from
the date of the second such conviction, who has not SERVED at
least two (2) years of such denial without any alcohol/drug convictions
within two (2) years of such denial without any alcohol/drug convictions
within two (2) years of his or her application- RSMo. Section
302.060(10); |
| Any person convicted of (felony) involuntary
manslaughter while intoxicated within the person's lifetime --
RSMo. Section 302.060(10); |
| Any person denied a license because of a suspension
or revocation currently in effect in another state (The driver's
license compact) -- RSMo. Section 302.060(11); |
| Any person currently suspended for failure to
respond to this or another state's traffic ticket (in-state failure
to appear or non-resident violator's compact)-- RSMo. Section
302.341 & 544.046; |
| Any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of drugs within the person's lifetime
under RSMo. Chapter 195; |
| Any person convicted of
leaving the scene of an accident in violation of state law within
the person's lifetime -- RSMo. Section 577.060; |
| Any person who has once refused to submit to
a chemical test, until the person has served ninety (90) days
of his or her revocation; |
| Any person who has more than once refused to
submit to a chemical test within the person's lifetime in this
or any other state -- RSMo. Section 302.309.5(f); |
| Any person whose Commercial Driver's License is disqualified (the person may obtain hardship privileges for
Class F driving, if eligible); |
| Any person suspended under the Administrative
Alcohol or Zero Tolerance law until the person has completed thirty
(30) days of such suspension, although it is not recommended; |
| Any person revoked under the Administrative Alcohol
or Zero Tolerance law for one year -- RSMo. Section 302.525.2; |
| Any person who has been issued a hardship license in the past five years. |
