Alabama license points
12 points in 2 years
What the rule says happens: 60 days
The following schedule is used to determine the length of a suspension period for any Alabama license holder: 12-14 points in a 2-year period - 60 days
Points for each violation
| Violation, in Alabama’s wording | Points |
|---|---|
Speeding (1 to 25mph over speed limit) | 2 |
Speeding (26 or more mph over speed limit) | 5 |
Reckless driving or reckless endangerment involving operating a motor vehicle | 6 |
Disregarding traffic control device (stop sign, traffic light, etc.) | 3 |
Following too closely | 3 |
Passing stopped school bus | 5 |
Failure to yield right of way | 5 |
Wrong side of the road/Illegal passing | 4 |
Fail to obey construction/maintenance zone markers/flagman/police officer/restricted lane | 3 |
Admin per se | 6 |
Any conviction which resulted from a charge that involved the drinking of alcoholic beverages and the driving of a motor vehicle but did not require mandatory revocation of the driver license | 6 |
All other moving violations | 2 |
These are the lines we have. Alabama’s full schedule is at the source links and may list more.
Sources for these lines, word for word
Speeding (1 to 25mph over speed limit) 2
Speeding (26 or more mph over speed limit) 5
Reckless driving or reckless endangerment involving operating a motor vehicle 6
Disregarding traffic control device (stop sign, traffic light, etc.) 3
Following too closely 3
Passing stopped school bus 5
Failure to yield right of way 5
Wrong side of the road/Illegal passing 4
Fail to obey construction/maintenance zone markers/flagman/police officer/restricted lane 3
Admin per se 6
Any conviction which resulted from a charge that involved the drinking of alcoholic beverages and the driving of a motor vehicle but did not require mandatory revocation of the driver license 6
All other moving violations 2
When points lead to a suspension or other action
| Points | Within | The rule’s wording | What happens | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 years | see the rule | 60 days | see the rule |
| 15 | 2 years | see the rule | 90 days | see the rule |
| 18 | 2 years | see the rule | 120 days | see the rule |
| 21 | 2 years | see the rule | 180 days | see the rule |
| 24 | 2 years | see the rule | 365 days | see the rule |
Whether a rule means that many points or more, or more than that many, is in the rule’s own words below.
The rules, word for word
The following schedule is used to determine the length of a suspension period for any Alabama license holder: 12-14 points in a 2-year period - 60 days
15-17 points in a 2-year period - 90 days
18-20 points in a 2-year period - 120 days
21-23 points in a 2-year period - 180 days
24 and above points in a 2-year period - 365 days
How long points last
Reports of traffic convictions shall retain their point value for suspension purposes for a period of two years from the date of conviction.
After a traffic conviction is 2 years old, it loses its point count for suspension purposes but remains on a driver's record.
Which date counts
What it means for a particular case is for the agency to say.
Reports of traffic convictions shall retain their point value for suspension purposes for a period of two years from the date of conviction.
Tickets from other states
the following classifications of point values shall be assessed for the following enumerated offenses against each driver, occurring within or without the State of Alabama
The point system itself
the following classifications of point values shall be assessed for the following enumerated offenses against each driver, occurring within or without the State of Alabama
More from Alabama’s rules
The Director shall suspend a driver license in accordance with the following schedule, provided, however, that the Director may modify or alter the suspension period as set out below, if upon the completion of the administrative hearing, the findings warrant a different suspension period
If a driver requests a pre-suspension hearing within 10 days of the date of the notice, suspension is deferred until date of hearing.
How nearby states compare
Side by side, not like for like. Read each state’s own rule before comparing two of them.
- Georgia
15 points in 24 months
will have their license suspended
Georgia DDS, Points and Points Reduction, read November 12, 2026
- North Carolina
12 points in 3 years
license may be suspended
North Carolina DMV, License Suspension (Accumulation of points; Driver improvement clinics), read November 12, 2026
- South Carolina
12 points
three months' suspension
South Carolina Code of Laws Title 56, Chapter 1, Article 3: Point System for Evaluating Operating Records of Drivers (56-1-710 to 56-1-790), read November 12, 2026
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Total so far
Reference only, not legal or insurance advice. Confirm with the agency. Full statement.
What this adds up, and what it can’t say
- This is arithmetic on quoted values, and nothing else. It does not predict any outcome.
- The date a state counts from (the violation date or the conviction date) is as quoted. The calculator does not decide it: it uses the date entered for each line.
- Courts and agencies decide actual outcomes, under the full text of the law and the full driving record, which this page does not have.
- Insurance companies use their own separate systems. This calculator works out nothing about insurance.
- A printed figure is compared with a sum only where the same quoted passage prints a period. The comparison says below, equal to or above. Whether a passage means that figure or more, or more than that figure, is in the passage’s own words.
- How periods are counted here is this calculator’s own convention, not a rule from any source. Months and years are calendar months and years counted back from the date chosen. Where the earlier month is shorter, its last day is used. The day reached is the period’s first day, and a line dated on that first day is outside the period. A line dated on the date chosen is inside. For example, a period of one month ending March 31, 2026 has the first day February 28, 2026, so a line dated that day is not counted and a line dated the day after is. An agency may count differently.
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