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California DUI arrest? Do you have an out-of-state license the officer did not take? California DMV Order of Suspension or Temporary License issued to you? Here's what can happen.

The Interstate Compact is a multi-state agreement between participating states to share information and reciprocate. It covers California license suspension actions and California DUI convictions.

If a resident of one state or holder of an out-of-state license has his or her driving privilege suspended or gets convicted of DUI in another state (e.g. California), the driver's home state can be notified. Your home state may honor and reciprocate, e.g. take action to suspend the driver's license of its resident.

Even if you do not have a California driver's license and even if you do not plan to ever drive again in California, it is critical to know that a suspension of your driving privilege in California may result in a suspension of your home state driver's license. No matter where you live, you probably want to avoid, if not at least minimize, any driver's license suspension action by the California Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV).

You probably need to hire a California DUI & DMV Specialist.

The list of states, below, indicates whether a given state belongs to the Interstate Driver's License Compact, and if so, the year they joined. Wisconsin, Tennessee, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan are all Non-compact states and should not share DUI conviction information.

If you have any specific questions about how the Interstate Compact Act may apply in your case, you may want to contact a DUI/DMV specialist in your state. States vary in their respective actions.

For instance, Michigan will sanction a Michigan resident for a non-Michigan conviction. While Michigan has not enacted legislation specifically adopting the Compact; it has done so administratively and statutorily by allowing the Secretary of State to consider out of state convictions.

NRVC - This is a list of the Non Resident Violator Compact... A list of states that communicate with one another if you get a ticket out of your home state.

DLC - This is a list of states that belong to the Driver License Compact. An agreement between these states basically says you have only ONE drivers license record.

DLC/NRVC COMPACT MEMBER JOINED DATES
NRVC	EFFECTIVE DATE	DLC	EFFECTIVE DATE
Alabama	October 1981	Alabama	1966
Alaska	Not a Member	Alaska	September 1986
Arizona	January 1993	Arizona	1963
Arkansas	January 1986	Arkansas	1969
California	Not a Member	California	1963
Colorado	January 1982	Colorado	1965
Connecticut	January 1981	Connecticut	January 1993
Delaware	February 1979	Delaware	1964
District of Columbia	August 1980	District of Columbia	November 1985
Florida	October 1981	Florida	1967
Georgia	February 1980	Georgia	Not a Member
Hawaii	January 1996	Hawaii	1971
Idaho	October 1992	Idaho	1963
Illinois	July 1984	Illinois	1963
Indiana	January 1980	Indiana	1967
Iowa	November 1980	Iowa	1965
Kansas	January 1983	Kansas	1965
Kentucky	December 1978	Kentucky	August 1996
Louisiana	November 1979	Louisiana	1968
Maine	January 1982	Maine	1963
Maryland	July 1979	Maryland	1978
Massachusetts	December 1987	Massachusetts	Not a Member
Michigan	Not a Member	Michigan	Not a Member
Minnesota	October 1978	Minnesota	1990
Mississippi	March 1979	Mississippi	1962
Missouri	October 1980	Missouri	October 1985
Montana	Not a Member	Montana	1963
Nebraska	January 1982	Nebraska	1963
Nevada	February 1990	Nevada	1961
New Hampshire	January 1982	New Hampshire	October 1986
New Jersey	July 1983	New Jersey	1966
New Mexico	January 1985	New Mexico	1963
New York	June 1982	New York	1965
North Carolina	September 1980	North Carolina	September 1993
North Dakota	July 1980	North Dakota	May 1986
Ohio	January 1985	Ohio	October 1987
Oklahoma	July 1987	Oklahoma	1967
Oregon	Not a Member	Oregon	1963
Pennsylvania	July 1979	Pennsylvania	October 1994
Rhode Island	April 1986	Rhode Island	January 1987
South Carolina	January 1981	South Carolina	August 1987
South Dakota	May 1980	South Dakota	November 1987
Tennessee	September 1984	Tennessee	'65/'97dropped out
Texas	January 1982	Texas	September 1993
Utah	July 1985	Utah	1965
Vermont	October 1985	Vermont	October 1987
Virginia	July 1980	Virginia	1963
Washington	October 1993	Washington	1963
West Virginia	July 1978	West Virginia	July 1972
Wisconsin	Not a Member	Wisconsin	Not a Member
Wyoming	July 1987	Wyoming	May 1987

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