Check your eligibility to reinstate your driving privilege.
Check your eligibility for an occupational license if your license has been suspended or revoked.
Some revocation/suspension cases require that you serve a mandatory waiting period before you are eligible for an occupational license. The waiting period begins on the effective date of your revocation/suspension case.
If you have multiple revocation/suspension cases, you must serve all waiting periods. The waiting period may vary depending on your previous driving history and the reason for the current revocation/suspension.
All revocation/suspension cases require a 15-day waiting period except the following:
Demerit points | no waiting period |
Underage alcohol operation | no waiting period |
Habitual traffic offender (HTO) or Repeat HTO (RHT) under
Ch. 351 | after two (2) years |
Drug convictions: |
First | no waiting period |
Second | after 60 days |
Third or more | after 90 days |
Nonpayment of child support | no waiting period |
Blood alcohol content (BAC) | no waiting period |
Operating while intoxicated (OWI) or Prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC) |
First | no waiting period |
Second* | after 60 days |
Third or more* | after 90 days |
Causing injury while intoxicated under
s.346.63(2) | after 60 days |
Blood alcohol content (BAC) | no waiting period |
Operating while intoxicated (OWI) or Prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC)
|
First | no waiting period |
Second or more | after 45 days |
Causing injury while intoxicated under
s.346.63(2) | after 60 days |
First | after 30 days |
Second* | after 90 days |
Third or more* | after 120 days |
Negligent homicide under
s.940.09 or great bodily harm under
s.940.25 | after 120 days |
* If there are two OWI-type violations within any five-year period in the driver's history, the wait time will be one year.