Friend of a friend who lives in NC just got an 11 over speeding ticket from a state officer in Arkansas.

Will an Arkansas ticket put points on their NC license?

I know of two cases where a VA ticket and a LA ticket never surfaced back to the drivers home state of NC.

This person is fearing an auto insurance increase and is considering hiring a lawyer instead. Should they worry about this Arkansas ticket coming back to haunt them in NC?

Thanks

More than likely your friend is going to end up with points on his license if he simply pleads guilty and pays. Everything is becoming mainstreamed via computer these days and its less likely that tickets will disappear like they used to. I personally would try fighting ANY ticket that would create points on my license, but that is me. Whether or not he can successfully fight the ticket depends on how good the attorney is and how lenient the judge is, and how clean his license was before the ticket. A driver I worked with got his 3rd ticket and tried fighting it and still got the fines and points on his license. I got a nice 2 point ticket for "failure to yield" by an ohio trooper who claimed when I made a left turn I made a car slow down for me. This was a notoriously dangerous intersection with no traffic devices for left turns and I had traffic backed up behind me for almost half a mile. I hired an attorney and fortunately the judge was familiar with the intersection and threw the ticket out. It also helped that my license was totally clean prior to that incident. It's a gamble, but for me personally, I wouldnt accept points on my license graciously, because my cdl is my livelyhood.

Yes because there are reciprocal agreements between the states that require this.

No,Arkansas won't put points on your record.Arkansas will notify North Carolina of your violation and conviction.You'll pay Arkansas the fine and North Carolina will apply points to your license under North Carolina vehicle code.Psanderson is right,Arkansas and North Carolina both share information under the "Drivers License Compact" which I believe has been superceded by the "Drivers License Agreement" which includes more States participation and less loopholes for drivers convicted of traffic violations.

You are absolutely correct wichway

In my opinion though, points should be a moot point on the MVR of a commercial vehicle operator, or for that matter any driver. Points are unfair and arbitrary. Two points in Michigan may be three points in Ohio, and one point in Indiana. In addition, Illinois has no point system whatsoever. To be fair, motor carriers and insurance carriers should go by the actual number and seriousness of convictions.

^^^^Well said Ps, I agree!

Thanks for the comments to my original question. Being that this happened a while back ago, I'll need to contact my friend again and see how she handled it.

I've had tickets from other states and they never came back on me. Maybe because it may have been a county cop instead of a state cop

I had an over weight violation and fine in Alabama that came back to my personal vehicle insurance agency. It didn't affect my rates but they asked me a bunch of questions about it so, I know it got reported some how.

Let me find out what happened in this case and I will report back.

When I was a federal special agent (USDOT) I tried to have the congresscritters write something like that back during the Carter administration, or at least set a national standard for points, but nothing ever happened in that regard. It was determined that a federal rule in that area would infringe on the states' rights.