Sources we accept
A rule is only published if it can be traced to one of the following:
- The state statute itself, on a state legislature or official code website.
- The licensing agency that administers the suspension, on its own website or in its own published form.
- An official court or agency publication, such as a hearing request form or an agency handbook.
Sources we do not accept
We do not cite law firm blog posts, aggregator sites, or content written to attract search traffic. Those pages are often accurate, and they are useful for locating a statute number quickly, but they are not evidence. When a secondary page points us to a rule, we go and read the primary source and cite only that.
We also do not cite ourselves. Nothing on this site counts as a source for anything else on this site.
What every record contains
Each state record is stored as structured data with a fixed set of fields, so nothing important can be quietly left out:
- The name the state itself uses for the administrative action.
- The deadline in days, and what event starts the clock.
- Whether refusing a test changes the answer.
- The agency that receives the request and how a request is made.
- What happens if the deadline passes.
- The statutory citation and every source URL with the date we accessed it.
- A confidence level and a change history.
Verification and dating
Every record carries the date it was last verified against its sources, and that date is shown on the page. Publication date alone tells you almost nothing about whether a rule is current, which is why we show verification separately.
Records are rechecked on a schedule and after any legislative session that touches the state vehicle code. If a record has gone stale, our validation tooling flags it before it can be deployed.
When we hold a record back
A record that cannot clear our threshold is not published as a normal page. The threshold requires at least two independent primary sources, a complete set of required fields, and a recent verification date.
Records that fall short stay out of search results until they are finished. We would rather have a smaller site than a bigger one padded with pages that look authoritative and are not.
Known limits
Administrative rules have exceptions our records do not capture: commercial licenses, drivers under 21, out of state licenses, prior offenses, and cases where a hearing officer has discretion. The navigator flags these where we know they apply, but it cannot see your paperwork.
Deadlines are also sensitive to details we cannot verify remotely, including the exact date the notice was served and whether it was served correctly. That is a question for a lawyer, and the tool says so every time it gives you a result.