License suspension as part of YO conviction

Settling

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In 2015, my daughter's license was temporarily suspended as part of a youthful offender conviction. For months, I drove her everywhere. She never got behind the wheel. When she later applied for a new license to use as i.d. (her purse had been stolen), she asked if any time was left on her suspension and if she owed a reinstatement fee. The clerk said there was no suspension in force and she did not owe anything. We assumed the suspension period had been completed and that we were mistaken about owing a fee.

Now, TWO YEARS LATER, we have received notice that her suspension had not been served previously and so it will begin now. I assume the court clerk failed to enter the suspension in 2015? She was not asked to surrender her license at that time -- but she is required to surrender it now. She will owe $300 once the suspension is complete.

I don't object to the fee if it is the same as when she was sentenced, but we feel that she is being punished twice. She complied with what she was told to do at the time. We had no way of knowing she wasn't being credited.

How is it possible that she is being punished for a clerk's mistake two years ago? Do we have any recourse? How should we proceed?
 
How is it possible that she is being punished for a clerk's mistake two years ago?

Because the state failed to see to it that her punishment was enforced more expeditiously.


Do we have any recourse?

There is no we.
There is only a she, your daughter.
She can seek an appeal through your state's licensing agency, or she can discuss other options with an attorney licensed in your state.


How should we proceed?

There is no we.
There is only a she, your daughter.

You can help her by paying for her attorney to address this on her behalf.
 
I'm afraid you have an advantage over me. I assume you are saying the answer is in this form, but I don't see it.
My daughter already met the terms of her YO conviction: 1 year's probation and 6 months' license suspension, completed in 2016. My problem is that they apparently did not record the suspension and are enforcing it anew, after we already complied with the suspension in good faith. She did not drive for the 6 months after her court date. If the license was supposed to be physically confiscated, that should have been done by the clerk before we were released by the court, having paid all fees and been issued instructions.
Also, the issue was not a DUI.Could you explain what I am overlooking in the document?

Thank you for your time.
 
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