Wichita Municipal Court has started a new program to help residents get their driver’s licenses back after a suspension.
The Wichita Area Restoration Program (WARP) will offer three services to help people who want to get their license back to a legal good standing:
- Court clerical staff will pull a resident’s public driving record and highlight the barrier to reinstatement
- If there are suspensions in Wichita Municipal Court or Sedgwick County Traffic Court and the driver has a manifest hardship, staff will assist the resident you in filing a fee, fine, and cost forgiveness motion. If the suspensions are in Wichita Municipal Court, staff will file the motion immediately upon completion. If the motion is in Sedgwick County Traffic Court, the motion will need to be filed Pro Se by the driver.
- Staff members will also help residents file applications for hardship licenses.
Court staff cannot offer legal services or advice but they can provide information and clerical assistance to help with the reinstatement process. The services are ideal for simple cases that do not include administrative suspensions or revocations. More complicated cases may need legal assistance.
A driver’s license can be suspended for a variety of reasons, including driving without insurance, driving under the influence, or having too many traffic violations. As of August, there were more than 213,000 drivers in Kansas who had suspended licenses, and about half of them are in Wichita and Sedgwick County.
Residents can get help by visiting the WARP office at City Hall, 455 North Main. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
