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Demerit Points - Maine

Suspension Periods for Designated Convictions or Adjudications

In accordance with Maine driving law, the license, permit or privilege to operate of any person convicted of the following offenses may be suspended for a period up to 30 days:

• failure to stop for a police officer
• leaving the scene of an accident (bodily injury)
• operating alone on permit
• operating a motor vehicle without a license (crime)
• passing a stopped school bus, exceeding posted speed by at least 30 miles per hour
• altering a driver's license or registration certificate
• loaning a driver's license
• unlawful use of a driver's license
• displaying a suspended license
• falsifying an application for registration certificate or driver's license
• giving false information to a police officer

Suspension Periods for Demerit Point Accumulation

The following is a listing of certain convictions or adjudications for violation of Maine driving law for which demerit points have been assigned. The convictions and adjudications for violations of Maine traffic laws as listed herein are not intended to be the total list of convictions and adjudications to which the Secretary of State may assign demerit points.

In accordance with Maine driving law, points for a conviction or adjudication for violation of Maine traffic laws will be erased from a driver's record when the conviction or adjudication becomes one year old. No points may be assigned to those convictions or adjudications that requires a statutory revocation or suspension of the license, permit or privilege to operate a motor vehicle by the Secretary of State or by a Court.

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