Reinstating a Driver's License in Georgia

Check your status through DDS Online Services (Check License Status), the free DDS 2 GO app, or by phone at 404-657-9300; signing in shows your suspensions and step-by-step reinstatement requirements. Reinstatement fees (mail or online / in person): Failure to Appear $90 / $100; child support non-compliance $25 / $35; first DUI (21 and over), first no-proof-of-insurance and first points violation $200 / $210; second no-proof-of-insurance and second points violation $300 / $310; third points violation $400 / $410; Super Speeder $50 after paying the $200 Super Speeder fee. Pay online through Online Services, by mail to the DDS Validation Unit (check, money order, cashier's check or credit card authorization form; full payment only), or in person with cash or card (no checks). Fees can vary by record.

DDS suspends licenses for refusal of a chemical test, failure to appear or respond to a citation, non-payment of child support, non-payment of the Super Speeder fee, safety responsibility, and medical reasons, and must suspend after convictions such as DUI, vehicular homicide or serious injury by vehicle, fleeing police, hit and run, racing, driving uninsured, and driving while suspended. Drivers under 21 are also suspended for reckless or aggressive driving, speeding 24 mph or more over, passing a stopped school bus and any 4-point offense. Reinstatement fees are generally $210 ($200 online or by mail), or $310/$300 for some repeat suspensions.

Some suspended drivers qualify for a limited driving permit, which restricts driving to purposes such as going to work, scheduled medical care or prescriptions, school classes, alcohol or drug treatment support groups, and driver education or required assessment and treatment programs. For a first DUI conviction, DDS must issue a limited permit to a qualifying driver ($25, valid one year).