A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the department may suspend or revoke the license or driving privilege of a resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state and shall require the person to successfully complete approved traffic survival school educational sessions as prescribed in section 28-3306 on receipt of notice of a conviction of the person of an offense in another jurisdiction that would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the person’s driver license if the offense had been committed in this state. Section 28-3306, subsections C through G apply if a person’s license or driving privilege is suspended or revoked or if a person is required to successfully complete approved driver educational sessions as provided by this subsection.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-3303

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means :

    (a) An unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal. See Arizona Laws 28-101

  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Drive: means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Driver license: means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28-2001. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Revocation: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are terminated and shall not be renewed or restored, except that an application for a new license may be presented and acted on by the department after one year from the date of revocation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
  • State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Suspension: means that the driver license and driver's privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state are temporarily withdrawn during the period of the suspension. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
  • Traffic survival school: means a school that is licensed pursuant to chapter 8, article 7. See Arizona Laws 28-101

B. The department shall revoke the license or driving privilege of a resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state after receiving notice of a conviction of the person in another jurisdiction and after determining that the conviction was for an offense that if committed in this state would be grounds for revocation pursuant to section 28-3304 or chapter 3, 4 or 5 of this title.

C. The department may suspend or revoke the driver license of a resident of this state who fails to comply with the terms of a traffic citation that is lawfully issued in a jurisdiction outside this state pursuant to the nonresident violator compact adopted by chapter 6, article 4 of this title.

D. Notwithstanding chapter 6, articles 3 and 4 of this title and in lieu of suspension of a driver license or driving privileges, the department may issue a temporary driver license that is valid for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days.

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