If you go to get a new drivers license will you get in trouble?

Answer 1

If you get sued, you'll receive a summons, either by a Sheriff deputy or a private process server. In some states, if it is small claims court it is sent by registered mail. I don't understand about a new driver's license. If you lie on a driver license application, you can be charged with a misdemeanor or a lower classed felony in most states.

The defendant(person being sued) will receive a court summons informing him or her of the lawsuit, and indicating what the defendant should do in response, including a date by which a response should be made If the defendant does not respond to the summons, a default judgment will be entered against him or her. A civil suit does not affect a person's ability to obtain a driver license, unless it is in connection with a personal injury or property damage caused by the operation of a motor vehicle.

Forgetting about civil lawsuits and summonses for a moment, having to get a new driver's license per se will not get you into trouble. There is no penalty for replacing a lost or stolen license. Nor will you get hit with a summons and complaint in a civil suit. Civil summonses are not served through the motor vehicle agencies. If they were, they would take years, at least they would in NJ. The only way you could get into trouble while getting a new license is if there are outstanding bench warrants in your name. In some states, if a driver refuses to appear in court on a traffic violation, the court will issue a warrant for his or her arrest. In NJ that type of warrant is not acted upon immediately. Police do not go to that driver's home at 3 am and haul him off to jail. Typically, they are stored in the motor vehicles agency records so that if that driver is ever stopped for something, no matter how minor, the police check for warrants and if there is one, he goes directly to jail without passing Go and gettting his $200, which he might need for bail. So what's this have to do with you going for a new license? If there is a bench warrant out for your arrest, as soon as you identify yourself and ask for the new license, you will see a number of people in blue uniforms walking toward you anxious to give you a pair of matching bracelets and take you to meet the nice judge who really wants to see you again. Now that is trouble.