License Reinstatement Program

Any person who has had their Oregon drivers license suspended for failing to pay a fine or fines, failing to appear or failing to fulfill some obligation to the Court as part of a sentence, has the option of applying to the Court to ask to be allowed to participate in the License Reinstatement Program. If allowed, the person will obtain clearances of those legal impediments which the Waldport Municipal Court has the lawful authority to address, but only if the person fully complies with the rules which have been set out below.

1.  License Clearance Requirements: Upon payment by the Defendant of the initial amount required as determined by an analysis of the gross amount owed by the Defendant as and for the financial obligation to the Waldport Municipal Court, the Court Clerk or designee may exercise their authority to send DMV a license reinstatement for all cases where Defendant is suspended for one of the reasons referenced above.

2.  Ten Percent or $150 Must Be Paid "Up Front": All persons who participate in the Waldport Municipal Court License Reinstatement Program must pay 10% of the full amount which remains unpaid on all outstanding and adjudicated traffic cases, or $150, whichever amount is determined to be the larger. Note: Persons with outstanding amounts of less than $150 are not eligible for this program.

3.  Two Percent or $50 Must Be Paid Monthly: Once the "up front" payment has been made by the Defendant (10% or $150), there must be paid EACH MONTH THEREAFTER an amount to be applied against the outstanding sum remaining unpaid. the amount which is to be paid each month must be either 2% of the balance due, or $50, whichever amount is found to be the larger.

4.  How Payments Are To Be Applied To Cases: Payments received will be applied by the Court to the oldest case first, unless the Municipal Judge orders the payments to be applied differently.

5.  Missed Payment: If the Defendant misses a payment, and does not contact the Court, the Court Clerk shall issue new license sanctions on each case having an outstanding financial obligation where the sanction was previously cleared. Defendant shall be informed as a result of missing a payment, the ten-year term of suspension can now only be cleared by payment in full of the underlying financial obligation owed on every case.

6.  Single Opportunity Program: The Waldport Municipal Court License Reinstatement Program is available to a given individual only one time. requests made by Defendants found by this Court to have been terminated for any reason from continued participation in a similar license reinstatement program then operating in any other judicial district in this State shall be reviewed by the Waldport Municipal Court Judge and then, if good cause be found to exist, judicially approved to allow Defendant's participation in this program where reinstatement is to be authorized without payment in full.

7.  Updating Defendant's Payment History: Payment history for the Defendant shall be updated to provide a current record and in so doing indicate that the named Defendant was in fact granted a reinstatement pursuant to those terms inherent to the Waldport Municipal Court License Reinstatement Program.

8.  Relationship Between License Reinstatement Payments and Payments Made Pursuant to Conditions of Probationary Sentence: Payments made pursuant to the Waldport Municipal Court License Reinstatement Program are in addition to, and not in lieu of, payment obligations existing as one of the conditions imposed by the Court as a requirement of an outstanding active or subsequent probationary sentence.

9.  Payments Authorized By The Court Clerk on Traffic Cases: The Waldport Municipal Court Clerk has the authority to permit a person to arrange payment terms with the Court on traffic violation matters, but only so long as the outstanding obligation will be paid in full within ten (10) months. The incremental monthly amount to be paid by the person shall be at least 10% of the total amount owed on the specified case, and so ensures the payment in full prior to the expiration of the ten month term.