(Author's Note: This post was updated on July 22, 2022, to note that NC DMV reports all in-state convictions for drivers licensed in another state to the state of record.) If a North Carolina resident with a North Carolina driver’s license is convicted of a motor vehicle offense in Virginia, will the NC DMV learn of the conviction? Yes. If a Virginia resident with a Virginia driver’s license is convicted of a motor vehicle offense in North Carolina, will the Virginia DMV learn of the conviction? Yes. Keep reading to find out why. Drivers License Compact. North Carolina and Virginia (along with 43 other states and the District of Columbia) are members of the Drivers License Compact. See N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-4.21 – 4.30; Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-483 – 488. This compact is an agreement among states to report motor vehicle convictions to one another when a driver licensed in one member state is convicted in another member state. See N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-4.24(a). The purpose of the compact is two-fold: (1) to promote compliance with motor vehicle laws in member states; and (2) to make overall compliance with motor vehicle laws a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a license in a member state. See N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-4.23(b)(2). For four types of convictions, the licensing state must treat the out-of-state conviction the same as it would if the conviction had occurred in licensing state. See N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-4.24(a). These convictions are: Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from [...]
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