Arizona vs Georgia

Scenario-dependent. General suspension: $10. Revocation (DUI/major offense): $20 + an age-based application fee ($10 age 50+, $15 ages 45-49, $20 ages 40-44, $25 age 39 and under or any age with a Travel ID) + SR-22 + (for alcohol/drug cases) interlock and substance-abuse evaluation. Admin Per Se suspension: additional $50. Financial-responsibility (accident) suspension: $10 driver license + $25 registration/plate (§28-4144(C)(2)(b)).

Scenario-dependent (DDS fee table, mail/online vs. in person): DUI 1st (21+) $200/$210; No Proof of Insurance 1st $200/$210; No Proof of Insurance 2nd+ $300/$310; Points 1st/2nd/3rd $200/$300/$400 by mail (+$10 in person); Super Speeder $50 (after the $200 Super Speeder fee); Child Support $25/$35; Failure to Appear $90/$100. Driving-while-suspended convictions carry their own ladder $210/$310/$410 (§40-5-121). Drug-DUI reinstatement $200/$310 (§40-5-75).

$25 registration/license-plate reinstatement on the FR (accident) path (§28-4144). For a no-insurance registration suspension, the consumer path is a $50 fee plus current proof of insurance where prior-coverage proof can't be produced.

Per the GA Dept. of Revenue lapse rules: a $25 lapse fine for any coverage lapse while the vehicle is actively registered, plus up to $160 additional if the $25 is not paid within 30 days. Registration is suspended/refused until all fines are paid and continuous Georgia liability coverage is on file (verified electronically via GEICS). Note: the widely-cited $60 standard registration-reinstatement fee ($160 after three or more suspensions in five years) appears on county tag-office pages, not on the state DOR lapse page, so it is not recorded here as an official figure.

Misdemeanor: $200-$1,000 fine and/or up to 12 months (§40-6-10). Reducible to a fine of $25 or less with no DDS report (no suspension) if the driver shows coverage was in force at citation. A 1st no-insurance suspension requires an SR-22 and a $200/$210 reinstatement after a 90-day minimum suspension.

2nd within 36 months: minimum $750 + 6-month suspension of license, registration, and plates. 3rd+ within 36 months: minimum $1,000 + 1-year suspension of license, registration, and plates, with SR-22 required on reinstatement (§28-4135(E)(2)-(3)).

Same $200-$1,000 criminal range (§40-6-10). A 2nd+ no-insurance conviction requires an SR-22A (or an SR-22 marked 'Paid In Full') maintained for 3 years, with $300/$310 reinstatement, a non-owner SR-22A if no vehicle is owned, and no limited permit during the suspension.

1st DUI: 90-day administrative (Admin Per Se / implied-consent) suspension; the criminal §28-1381 conviction itself does not revoke on a 1st. 2nd within 84 months (§28-1381 or §28-1382): driving privilege revoked at least 1 year; special ignition-interlock restricted license possible after 45 days. Aggravated DUI (§28-1383, felony): revocation with no new license issued for at least 1 year (per §28-1385 period for the child-passenger variant). All convictions carry mandatory ignition interlock (§28-3319).

§40-5-63 (5-year window): 1st = 12-month suspension, early reinstatement after 120 days with DUI Risk Reduction Program; 2nd within 5 yrs = 3-year suspension, eligible after 18 months, IID required for 1 year; 3rd within 5 yrs = habitual violator, 5-year revocation (§40-5-62/§40-5-58). Suspension begins on the conviction date.

Standard DUI §28-1381: 1st = ≥$250 fine + two mandatory $500 assessments (~$1,250+ before surcharges), min 10 days jail (suspendable to 1 with treatment); 2nd = ≥$500 + two $1,250 assessments, min 90 days jail. Extreme §28-1382: BAC 0.15-0.20 = ≥$250 + $250 abatement + two $1,000 assessments, min 30 days jail; super-extreme BAC ≥0.20 = ≥$500, min 45 days jail. Aggravated §28-1383 (felony): ≥$750 + $250 abatement + two $1,500 assessments, mandatory prison (4 or 8 months by priors).

§40-6-391 (10-year window, by arrest date, post-2008): 1st misdemeanor $300-$1,000, 10 days-12 mo (judge may probate all but 24 hrs if BAC ≥0.08); 2nd misdemeanor $600-$1,000, 90 days-12 mo (min 72 hrs); 3rd high-and-aggravated misdemeanor $1,000-$5,000, 120 days-12 mo (min 15 days); 4th+ felony $1,000-$5,000, 1-5 years. Name-and-photo publication applies to a 2nd or subsequent conviction within 5 years. Commercial threshold 0.04; under-21 threshold 0.02; separate child-under-14 endangerment offense.

Driving on a suspended, revoked, canceled, or refused license, or while disqualified, is a class 1 misdemeanor (§28-3473). Arizona's general class 1 misdemeanor ceilings are up to 6 months jail and up to a $2,500 fine plus surcharges (ARS §13-707 / §13-802).

§40-5-121 (5-year window): 1st = misdemeanor, 2 days-12 months + $500-$1,000 (offender fingerprinted); 2nd/3rd = high-and-aggravated misdemeanor, 10 days-12 months + $1,000-$2,500; 4th+ = felony, 1-5 years + $2,500-$5,000. DDS adds a 6-month suspension on conviction (reinstatement $210/$310/$410); no limited permit. Driving as a declared habitual violator is a separate felony (§40-5-58), $750+ / 1-5 years.

Per §28-3312, MVD disqualifies a CDL: 1 year for a first major offense — test refusal (§28-1321), driving a CMV under the influence or with BAC ≥0.04, leaving the scene, using a vehicle in a felony, causing a fatality by negligent operation, driving a CMV while already disqualified, OR a regular DUI committed in a personal (non-commercial) vehicle (chapter 4, article 3 violation). 3 years if the offense occurred while hauling placarded hazmat. Lifetime for two or more such offenses (reducible to 10 years by rule). Permanent for a controlled-substance trafficking felony or a human-trafficking offense committed with a CMV. Out-of-service-order violations: 180 days / 2 years / 3 years. Railroad-crossing violations: 60 / 120 days / 1 year. Two serious traffic violations in 3 years = 60-day disqualification; three or more = 120 days. CDL alcohol threshold is 0.04. Disqualification begins 10 days after MVD logs the conviction.

Georgia CDL disqualification (GA DDS Driver's Manual Section 1.3, federal FMCSA structure). 1-year (first major offense, in a CMV OR a personal vehicle): DUI (O.C.G.A. 40-6-391), CMV at 0.04+ BAC or under the influence, refusing chemical testing, leaving the scene, any felony using a vehicle, CMV-while-disqualified, vehicular homicide, racing, eluding, fraudulent license, operating on a suspended registration, or cargo theft. 3-year if the offense occurs while operating a CMV placarded for hazardous materials. lifetime for a 2nd major offense (any combination); lifetime if a CMV is used in a controlled-substance felony; permanent lifetime if a CMV is used in a human-trafficking felony. Serious traffic violations (15+ over, reckless, erratic lane change, following too closely, fatal-accident traffic offense, no/wrong-class CDL): 60 days (2nd in 3 yrs) / 120 days (3rd+). Out-of-service-order violations: 180 days / 2 yrs / 3 yrs. Railroad-crossing violations: 60/120 days / 1 yr. 24-hour out-of-service for any detectable alcohol under 0.04. Important for CDL holders: a DUI in a personal vehicle (an alcohol/controlled-substance/felony suspension) still costs the CDL for 1 year, a 2nd costs it for life (Section 1.3.7), and no hardship CDL is available.