New York and Arkansas are both members of the Drivers License Compact (DLC) so if you are convicted of the speeding ticket you received in NYS the New York courts will report the traffic violation back to your home state of AR.

Arkansas driving records are governed by Arkansas code section 27-50-901. Here it states that the AR Office of Driver Services of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) shall establish and maintain a central driver's records file on every driver who receives a conviction for a moving traffic violation while operating any motor vehicle subject to registration for highway use, whether such conviction occurred within this state or in another state.

Arkansas Code Annotated 1-27-16-907 is titled assessment of points for specific convictions. This portion of AR law states that point values shall be assessed and assigned to the record of any person convicted of moving traffic violations, whether occurring in or out of state, within a thirty-six (36) month period from the date a person is scheduled a hearing to discuss the accumulation of moving traffic convictions. These point values shall be assessed for each conviction entered and action may be taken in relation to the number of points accumulated.

Points will be assessed for each and every conviction and the total value of such assessment shall be posted to the driver history record of the licensee. According to the points assessment chart for AR speeding can come with the following point assignments depending upon the number of mph over the limit you are convicted of going:

• Speeding not more than 10 mph over the posted speed 3 points limit;
• Speeding 11-20 mph over the posted speed limit 4 points;
• Speeding 21-30 mph over the posted speed limit 5 points;
• Speeding 31 mph or more over the posted limit 8 points.

So it would appear that the New York traffic violation will be not only recorded on your Arkansas driving record but also be assessed points. For 17 mph over the limit the assessment would be 4 points in your home state. The AR accumulated point values assigned to a record are cumulative with the total driving record of an individual being considered in disciplinary action that may result in the loss of driving privileges. Your New York ticket will be assigned points and thus will count towards your accumulative points total in Arkansas which if it gets too high can cause your license to be suspended.

According to the DFA, Arkansas' administrative point system is used to identify problem drivers. A computer program searches all the driver records weekly and identifies the records which have fallen within a preset range for various sanctions. For example, 10-13 points a warning letter is issued telling the driver to be careful; 14 or more points a notice is sent to the licensee advising them of a proposed suspension action and advising them that they may have a hearing to discuss the proposed action.

Persons with 14 to 17 points may be suspended for three months; 18 to 23 points may be suspended for six months; and 24 or more points may be suspended for one year. A hearing is automatically scheduled and they are subject to the Hearing officer's discretion, which ranges from no action, probation, restriction or suspension. If the licensee fails to attend hearing, the licensee is automatically suspended.

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