Reinstating a Driver's License in Mississippi

For license status questions, call the Driver Service Bureau at 601-987-1224. Reinstatement fees: suspension citation, failure to appear (FTA), failure to pay (FTP) and judgment reinstatements $100 each; DUI and drug reinstatements $175 each; child support reinstatement $25; CDL medical downgrade reinstatement $100 (payable only at a CDL driver license station). You may reinstate online only if all citations have been cleared by the court. Fees cannot be paid by phone: pay online, at a local driver license station, or by mail with a certified cashier's check or money order (no personal checks) to Driver Records Division/Reinstatement, P.O. Box 1459, Canton, MS 39046. If your license has been expired or suspended for over 60 months, you must retake the written test. Reinstatement questions: 601-487-7028.

The Driver Service Bureau lists the most common suspension reasons as: refusing a breath, blood or urine test; testing over the legal limit and not getting a court order extending driving privileges; a DUI conviction or non-adjudication; owing a court fee for a citation issued before July 1, 2019; failing to appear on an out-of-state citation; an unsatisfied civil judgment; noncompliance with a child support order; and convictions such as vehicular manslaughter or a felony involving a vehicle. To find which citations caused a suspension, contact the court that issued them or the Driver Service Bureau.

The Driver Service Bureau does not issue hardship licenses for drivers affected by DUI. Instead, a court may order an ignition interlock-restricted license, which lets the driver keep driving a vehicle with an interlock device in place of a suspension (fees: $56 license, $175 installation verification).