What is DLAP? Drive Legal Again Program in Hillsborough County, FL

The State Attorney's Office in Tampa, Hillsborough County is using a new type of misdemeanor diversion program for anyone charged with a first or second criminal traffic citation for either:
  • no valid driver’s license; or 
  • driving while license suspended or revoked. 
The State Attorney has estimated that a significant number of the roughly 15,000 adult criminal-traffic cases opened each year might be eligible for DLAP.

What is the DLAP or Drive Legal Again Program in Hillsborough County, FL?


The State Attorney's Office determines eligibility for the program. A person may be ineligible to enter the DLAP program if their driver’s license was suspended for DUI, a drug conviction, or owing past-due child support.

Agreeing to enter the program is not considered an admission of guilt. To enter the program you or your attorney must waive speedy trial. 

After satisfactory completion of the DLAP program, the State Attorney's Office will drop the charges in the criminal traffic citation. The charges are dropped when the State Attorney's Office files a form called a “nolle pross.”

In order to successfully complete the DLAP program in Hillsborough County, FL, you are not necessarily required to obtain a valid Florida Driver’s License.

The individual must register for the program within five (5) business days after agreeing to participate in the Drive Legal Again Program (DLAP). 

Participants have ninety (90) days to complete the requirements of the program and must attend four (4) classes. The participant must also by the $150 fee and pay an additional $50 for the cost of prosecution.

The DLAP office program is administered by a company called Court Options, Inc., which was founded by Ruben Valdivia and George Romagosa. It is a Florida for-profit corporation based in Palmetto Bay, FL. The Tampa offices are located at the following address:

2109 East Palm Street, Suite 1010
Tampa, FL 33605
813-374-0312
DLAP@courtoptions.org
bmccallum@courtoptions.org

The attorneys at Sammis Law Firm represent clients charged with having no valid driver's license and driving on a revoked or suspended license. Contact us to speak with an experienced attorney about fighting your criminal charges. 

Call 813-250-0500.

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