Reinstating a Driver's License in Nebraska

Check the status of your driving privileges, and pay reinstatement fees online, through the Nebraska DMV's reinstatement service. Fees depend on the reason for suspension. For a suspension for failing to comply with a traffic ticket: contact the court, resolve the citation, send the DMV Financial Responsibility Office the court's notice of compliance or receipt, and pay a $50.00 reinstatement fee (waived if the ticket was paid and five years have passed since the suspension took effect). The fee can be paid by cashier's check or money order payable to the Department of Motor Vehicles or online; personal checks are returned. Reinstatement items go to the DMV in Lincoln (301 Centennial Mall South), not to local driver license exam stations.

Verified grounds include 12 or more points in two years (six-month revocation), failing to comply with a traffic ticket (suspension until proof of compliance and a $50 reinstatement fee), DUI convictions, and administrative license revocation for a failed or refused chemical test.

A driver revoked for points may drive a non-commercial vehicle under an employment driving permit or a medical hardship driving permit. For DUI revocations, the court generally orders the person to apply for an ignition interlock permit and drive only vehicles with an interlock device during the revocation.