REQUEST FOR PRETRIAL DRIVING PRIVILEGES/

RELEASE VEHICLE/APPEAL BMV ACTION

 

If you are requesting a Vehicle Release/Driving Privileges/Appeal action, the following steps must be completed:

 

1. A $55.00 filing fee for Occupational Driving Privileges must be filed with the Clerk’s Office. A $25.00 filing fee must be filed with the Clerk’s Office for any modification of driving privileges.

 

2. Submit written request for driving privileges to the Clerk’s Office. Please include your name, address, phone number, case number, place of employment, days/hours of job. If you need privileges for anything other than employment, i.e. probation officer meetings, counseling/treatment, AA meetings, please include those also. The following page is attached for your convenience.

 

3. If you need privileges to drive a vehicle in connection with your job, you must submit a letter signed by the employer stating employer’s request for your driving privileges, which acknowledges your offense.

 

4. For driving privileges, proof of current insurance must be attached showing you are covered from the date you submit your request throughout the period you will have privileges. You must also provide proof you were insured or were driving in a vehicle that was insured at the time of the offense.

 

5. When all the preceding steps have been complied with, please submit all required information and the completed page two, along with $55.00 fee to the clerk’s office. You will then be scheduled for the next available Monday morning session for ruling on your request by the Magistrate.

 

6. If your request is at the time of conviction or post-conviction, all fines and costs must be paid in full.

 

7. If the $55.00 filing fee has not been paid and/or your fine and costs have not been paid, you must go to the Clerk’s Office to pay the filing fee and all court costs before the Journal Entry granting you privileges will be released to you.