Interstate Driver License Compact

The Interstate Driver License Compact is an agreement between 45 member states to exchange arrest information for certain traffic violations, including DUI.  For example, if you are arrested in Ohio for DUI, Ohio will inform your home state.  Your home state may take no action, immediate action or treat the offense as if it occurred in your home state for licensure purposes.  The intended goal of the Compact was to prevent the occurrence of multiple driving records that were “hidden” from other states.  Currently there are five states that are not members to the IDLC: Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

You may want to forget about the IDLC, however, because there is a new player in the game; the Driver License Agreement (DLA).  The Driver License Agreement (DLA) is a new compact written by the Joint Executive Board of the Driver License Compact (DLC) and the Non-Resident Violator Compact (NRVC) with staff support provided by the American Assn. of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA).  Over the next few years, the DLA will replace the IDLC imposing tougher fines and penalties against drivers that commit violations under the DLA.  For example, adverse action can be taken against a driver for not responding to violations such as equipment violations, registration violations, parking violations, and weight limit violations. As of this posting, Connecticut, Arkansas and Massachusetts are member of the DLA, with legislation in various stages in Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and North Carolina.  There has also been federal legislation mandating that states must participate.  As of this posting no mandate has been passed into law.