Speeding Ticket Question Bloomington Illinois IL

Reader’s Question:

I received a speeding ticket in the state of Kentucky almost 4 years ago as I was passing through the state. I did not pay the ticket, and for some reason I never received any notification from Kentucky regarding the ticket. I just renewed my driver’s license in Bloomington, Illinois and they did not mention of this ticket. Is it safe to assume that the police officer never turned in the ticket that I received?

Andrew

Bloomington, IL

Many states have reciprocal arrangements and give ticket information to the motorist’s home state. The newly created driver’s license agreement, that replaces the previous driver’s compact, requires members states to notify tickets received by drivers to the state in which they hold a license from the state in which the ticket was received. Kentucky and Illinois are part of this interstate compact.

Sharing information between DMVs is a complex system with many databases being involved so occasionally there may be an error that prevents the ticket information from being transferred. This is probably what may have happened in your situation in Bloomington, Illinois. To verify if the ticket has appeared in Illinois, your home state, you can check your motor vehicle record.

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