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In West Virginia, out-of-state drivers are handled a little bit different, and this is something that a lot of people get wrong.
In West Virginia, out-of-state drivers are handled a little bit different, and this is something that a lot of people get wrong. If you get convicted in West Virginia and you hold a driver’s license in another state, all West Virginia can do is take your privilege to drive within the borders of our state. They do not hold governing over your license.
That’s the home state, and some states like Virginia are much more exacting. They will pick up a conviction in West Virginia and then that citizen will face the Commonwealth of Virginia penalties, which generally on a first offense is like a year interlock. Then there’s states like Maryland where a lot of times they won’t pick it up, so it really varies as to what state you are licensed in.
If you get a DUI in West Virginia and at the Wagner Law Firm, we have contacts in every state in this country so that our clients know exactly what we’re looking at before we ever move into the case or have a hearing.