Revocation — Illinois Permit Test

A revocation is the indefinite withdrawal of driving privileges by the Secretary of State’s office.

Indefinite means there is no date it ends on. You may apply again after a year, and applying is not the same as getting it back.

A revocation is the indefinite withdrawal of driving privileges by the Secretary of State’s office.

A revoked driver may be eligible to reapply for a license after a minimum of one year unless something else is noted.

One year is when the door opens, not when the license arrives. The hearing and the evaluation come after it.

To regain your driving privileges, you may be eligible to reapply for a license after a minimum of one year, unless otherwise noted.

The Secretary of State immediately revokes the driving privileges of anyone convicted of a moving violation that caused a crash in which somebody died.

No hearing and no discretion: the conviction is the whole of it. It is the one revocation the manual calls immediate.

The Secretary of State will immediately revoke the driving privileges of anyone who is convicted of a moving violation that caused a crash and resulted in the death of another person.

Illinois may revoke a license for aggravated fleeing the police, aggravated reckless driving, auto theft, drag or street racing, a felony offense using a vehicle, or fraudulent identification.

All of them use a car to commit a crime rather than to break a traffic rule. That is what puts them in the revocation list.

Drag Racing or Street Racing - Illegally racing with another vehicle.

Conviction of three reckless driving offenses in 12 months, or reckless driving causing great bodily harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, can revoke an Illinois license.

Three in a year is a pattern rather than a bad day. Either the count or the injury is enough on its own.

Reckless Driving - Conviction of three reckless driving offenses in 12 months or driving that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to another person.

Giving false information to the Secretary of State, which Illinois calls perjury, can revoke a driver’s license.

The whole licensing system runs on what applicants tell it. A false statement undermines every record built on it.

Perjury - Giving false information to the Secretary of State.

Leaving the scene of a crash that killed or injured somebody, and reckless conduct involving a vehicle that injures or endangers somebody, are both grounds for revocation.

Both are about what a driver did to a person rather than to a rule. Illinois treats them the same way as a DUI.

Leaving the Scene - Leaving the scene of a crash that killed or injured someone.

A conviction for overtaking or passing a school bus that results in a crash where somebody died revokes an Illinois license.

The school bus rule and the revocation list meet here. The penalty for passing the bus becomes permanent when a death follows.

School Bus Violation - Conviction for overtaking or passing a school bus that results in a crash where a death occurred.

What is a revocation of Illinois driving privileges?

An indefinite withdrawal of driving privileges. Indefinite means there is no date it ends on. You may apply again after a year, and applying is not the same as getting it back. Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, p.58: “A revocation is the indefinite withdrawal of driving privileges by the Secretary of State’s office.”