Tickets and Points FAQs

If you accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months, the Department of Revenue will send you a point accumulation advisory letter.

If you accumulate a total of 8 or more points in 18 months, the Department of Revenue will suspend your driving privilege.

• 1st suspension - 30 days
• 2nd suspension - 60 days
• 3rd or more suspensions - 90 days

The Department of Revenue will revoke your driving privilege for one year if you accumulate:

• 12 or more points in 12 months
• 18 or more points in 24 months
• 24 or more points in 36 months

When your driving privilege is reinstated following a Point Suspension or Revocation, the Department of Revenue reduces your total points to 4.

Every year you drive without getting new points on your record, the points will be reduced.

• 1 year - total remaining points reduced by one-third
• 2 years - remaining points reduced by one-half
• 3 years - points reduced to zero

Although your points may be reduced to zero, certain types of convictions must remain listed permanently on your Missouri driver record.

There are a number of reasons why your driver license may be suspended, revoked, or denied. You can find out why you are suspended, revoked, or denied from the letter(s) you received or by contacting our office.

Call 573-526-2407 to find out about non-personal information such as traffic tickets and suspension/revocation-related information. You may also get a copy of your driver record (see Driver Records).

Your specific reinstatement requirements are based on the type of suspension, revocation, or denial action(s) on your driver record. For more information, visit the License Reinstatement Requirements page of our website.

You can also contact our staff by email to find out our your reinstatement requirements.

The Department only issues Restricted Driving Privileges (RDP) for first-time alcohol point suspensions. For information about the RDP, visit the Restricted Driving Privilege (RDP) page of our website

If you cannot get your driver license back, but you need to drive for employment or other important matters, you may apply for a Limited Driving Privilege (LDP). You may get an LDP unless you have certain convictions or losses of license on your driver record. Some convictions or loss of license are so serious that an LDP may not be granted. Visit the Limited Driving Privilege (LDP) page of our website for reasons why you may not be eligible for an LDP.

NOTE: A person cannot obtain an LDP to drive a commercial motor vehicle.

For information about the Limited Driving Privilege (LDP), visit the Limited Driving Privilege (LDP) page of our website.

You may appeal a driver license suspension, revocation, or denial in the circuit court of the county where you live within 30 days after the notice of suspension, revocation, or denial is issued.

You are required to retest upon reinstatement for a point revocation or upon reinstatement for a point suspension or denial if your driver license expired during the suspension, revocation, or denial period and has been expired for more than six months.

You cannot drive while your driver license is suspended, revoked, or denied unless you apply for and receive a Limited Driving Privilege (LDP). For more information, visit the Limited Driving Privilege (LDP) page of our website.

You must submit the reinstatement fee to the Missouri Department of Revenue (Department) central office by one of the following methods:

• Online - mydmv.mo.gov using the following credit/debit cards: Visa®, MasterCard®, Discover®, and American Express®.
• In Person (at our Jefferson City central office only) during regular business hours - The Department will accept reinstatement fee payments in person (at the above address) by cashiers check, money order, business check, personal check (payable to Missouri Department of Revenue), cash, Visa®, MasterCard®, Discover®, and American Express®.
• By Mail - The Department will accept reinstatement fee payments by mail in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or personal check (payable to Missouri Department of Revenue). Please include your full name and Missouri driver license number (or social security number) with your payment. The address is:
  Department of Revenue
  ATTN: Reinstatement
  301 West High Street - Room 470
  PO Box 200
  Jefferson City, MO 65105-0200

You cannot pay your reinstatement fee at a license office.

Please call our office at 573-526-2407 to find out if your documents have been received or send an email to dlbmail@dor.mo.gov.

Please call our office at 573-526-2407 to find out if the court order has been received or send an email to dlbmail@dor.mo.gov.

An SR-22 form is an insurance filing from your insurance company that shows your motor vehicle has liability insurance.

You must file the SR-22 form for two years from the effective date of your Point suspension, revocation, or denial.

If your driver record shows more than one alcohol- or drug-related enforcement contact, you are required to have an IID installed on any vehicle you operate.  You must maintain the device for a minimum period of six months from the reinstatement date. You will be monitored during the last three months of the six-month period. If you have any violations, as determined by the device manufacturer during the monitoring period, your requirement to maintain the device will be extended until you complete a three-consecutive month period without violation. Violations are defined in 7 CSR 60-2.010 (refer to "violations reset" language).

For information regarding the IID requirement, visit the Ignition Interlock Device (IID) page of our website.

You may refer to the Missouri Driver Record Traffic Violation Descriptions and Points Assessed (Form 899) to find the point value of most tickets.

If our staff receives notification of a Missouri driver receiving a conviction for a point-assessable traffic violation in another state or on federal property (such as a U.S. military base), our staff will post the ticket to that person's Missouri driver record. The point value is determined by the violation conviction code.

And if a driver from another state receives a conviction for a point-assessable traffic violation in Missouri, a new driver record will be created to record the violation if no Missouri driver record exists for that person. The Missouri conviction information will then be forwarded to the driver licensing agency in that person's home state for any necessary processing.

Please call 573-526-2407 to find out how many points you have on your record or send an email to dlbmail@dor.mo.gov.

Ticket convictions may be removed from a Missouri driving record three years after the conviction of the ticket. However, if the conviction resulted in a suspension/revocation of your Missouri driving privileges due to the accumulation of points, then the ticket can be purged five years from the reinstatement date of the suspension/revocation. These conditions do not apply for all convictions and timeframes vary depending on class of license.

You may submit a request (including your full name and Missouri driver license number or social security number) to have old tickets purged from your record using one of the following methods:

• Send an email request to dlbmail@dor.mo.gov.
• Call 573-526-2407 during normal business hours to request the purge.
• Send a written request to our central office:
  
  Missouri Department of Revenue
  301 West High Street - Room 470
  PO Box 200
  Jefferson City, MO 65105-0200

NOTE: A ticket is not eligible to be removed if it "supports" an existing administrative suspension/revocation/denial action against the driver, or if it otherwise must remain on the record in accordance with state law.

In certain cases, the court or the Fine Collections Center may authorize you to complete a Driver Improvement Program (DIP) in order to reduce the points on your driver record for a ticket. For information regarding acceptable Driver Improvement Program (DIP) providers, please visit the Missouri Driver Improvement Program website.

After completing the DIP course, you or the program may mail the completion form to the following address:

Missouri Department of Revenue
301 West High Street - Room 470
PO Box 200
Jefferson City, MO 65105-0200

For our mailing address, office location, and office hours, visit the Contact Information page of our website.