Car Insurance West Virginia WV
Reader’s Question:
I hold a West Virginia license and recently received a ticket in Virginia. Will the state of Virginia report that violation to WV? Thanks. I live in Huntington, West Virginia.
Fred
Huntington, WV
West Virginia and Virginia are both members of the Drivers License Compact and that means once you are convicted of your VA ticket the Virginia courts will report the infraction back to the West Virginia DMV.
The WV Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has decided to assess points for all moving violation convictions, regardless of what state they are committed in. So moving violations you receive in other states will become part of your West Virginia driving record and points will be assessed.
Points in WV are assigned according to the severity of the violation. Points for a given violation stay on a driver’s record for 2 years after the date of the infraction. The violation itself stays on the driver’s record for 7 years.