Tennessee is not part of the Drivers License Compact (DLC) which requires member states to inform the state where the motorist is licensed of moving violations they received out of state. Even without being part of the DLC, the TN Department of Safety has decided to report tickets back to your home state if you are cited for a traffic violation in TN with an out of state license.

When the state of NJ is informed of your speeding ticket for 19 mph over the limit, the offense will be listed on your NJ driving record and will receive points but only 2. The NJ Motor Vehicle Commission has decided to assign only 2 points to out of state moving violations.

While Tennessee is not part of the DLC they, as well as New Jersey, are part of the Non-Resident Violator Compact (NRVC). The Non-Resident Violator Compact is an interstate compact used by States to process traffic citations across state borders by requiring member states to suspend the drivers license of those who get traffic tickets for moving violations in other states and fail to pay them.

So with this NRVC, when a motorist is cited in another member state and chooses not to respond to the ticket such as not paying it, the other state notifies the driver's home state and the home state will suspend the driver's license until the driver takes care of the matter in the other state. This means that New Jersey would suspend your license if they are informed by TN that you did not pay your speeding ticket or take car of it in some other way.

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