The state of Oregon and your home state of Maryland are both members of the Drivers License Compact (DLC). This agreement requires member states to share information regarding convictions of moving violations with the licensing state. So if you plead guilty to the OR speeding ticket and are convicted of this 21 mph over speeding offense then this state's courts will report this violation back to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA).
The MD MVA site notes that if you received a conviction out-of-state, that state is obligated under the terms of the Driver License Compact to notify the MVA. Upon receipt of the information, the MVA will update your driver record.
For many types of violations, the MVA will only record the conviction information on your Maryland driver record and will not assess points. However, if you have been convicted of one of the serious violations identified in Article IV of the Driver’s License Compact, the MVA will record both the conviction information and the points associated with it. The number of points assessed is equal to the number that would have been assessed if the conviction occurred in Maryland.
The types of serious out-of-state violations for which points may be assessed in Maryland according to the MVA include:
- Alcohol or drug related offenses;
- Leaving the scene of a personal injury accident;
- Homicide or manslaughter involving a vehicle;
- Use of a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony.
From this information it would appear that your Oregon speeding ticket conviction would be placed on your Maryland driving record but would not be assigned points. For more information on how MD deals with the DLC contact the MVA or read through the Maryland Code that gives this information.
As for points in Oregon, this state does not operate on a points system like other states so you would not have points placed on any type of record in OR.
You may want to see if traffic school is an option for you to get the speeding ticket taken care of. Some counties in Oregon allow a motorist to take traffic school to get rid of traffic violations while others do not. For example in Josephine County, Oregon to be eligible for traffic school you must not have had any moving violations in the past 3 years in any state or attended traffic school within the past 3 years in any state. Also there cannot be an accident involved in the violation citation and the violation cannot have been written in a school zone, work zone or safety corridor.
In Oregon counties that allow traffic school, you must contact the court on or before the date listed on your citation, there will be a determination if you qualify or not for traffic school and if you do qualify a list of schools will be given to you. So contact the county court listed on your citation and see what your options might be regarding traffic school if you wish to try this option to keep the Oregon speeding ticket off of your Maryland driving record.
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