Can the juvenile court take away my driver's license?
The juvenile court can take away your driver license for:
- Car theft and related offenses
- Doing graffiti or possessing graffiti tools
- Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
- Driving with any alcohol in your body
- Possession or use of drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Some other driving offenses

If you do not have a driver license, the court can take away your chance to get a driver license for these offenses. This is true even if you are too young to drive at the time of the offense, and even if the offense has nothing to do with driving.

Generally, the loss of driver license is until age 18, but can be longer. For example, the loss of driver license of for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is for 2 years, or 3 years if the offense is aggravated.

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