Expired Violations and Other Dismissals

Expired Driver's License or Motor Vehicle Registration

You may be eligible to have a citation for these violations dismissed.

To have a citation for an expired driver's license or an expired registration dismissed, you must:

• Appear in court by the appearance date on your citation.
• Get the violation corrected before your first court date and provide proof to that effect to the Court.
• Obtain Motor Vehicle Registration and it must show that a penalty was paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time the registration was renewed. If the penalty is not paid, the Court cannot dismiss the citation.
• Pay the dismissal fee.

To have a citation for Failure To Report Change of Address dismissed, you must:

• Appear in court by the appearance date on your citation.
• Get the violation corrected before your first court date and provide proof to that effect to the court.
• The proof of correction must be acceptable to the court. A court appearance before the Judge may be required.
• Pay the dismissal fee.

The following charges may be dismissed with a Dismissal Fee:

• Display Altered, Unclean, or Obscured License Plates.
• Fail to Display Driver's License.
• Violate Driver's License Restriction or Endorsement.
• Operate Vehicle with Defective Equipment.
• Operate Motor Vehicle without License Plates or with One Plate.

To have a citation from the above list dismissed, you must:

• Appear in court by the appearance date on your citation.
• Get the violation corrected before your first court date and provide proof to that effect to the court.
• The proof of correction must be acceptable by the court. (Usually a photo, copy, letter from DPS, or your license.) A court appearance before the Judge may be required.
• Pay the dismissal fee.