Operation Green Light to help drivers reinstate licenses

The statewide program offers opportunities in Sarasota County for drivers to pay reduced fees and fines in March.

By Andrew Warfield
| 5:00 a.m. March 14, 2023

Sarasota
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Operation Green Light, a statewide driver’s license reinstatement program, will be available to residents of Sarasota County in March. The program is for residents who have had their drivers’ privileges suspended or revoked and/or have outstanding fees and fines and are looking to save money.

The program provides an opportunity for drivers with overdue court obligations, including traffic tickets, to save up to 30% in collection agency fees by structuring customized payment plans with the Sarasota County Clerk and Comptroller’s office that financially work for them and their families.

Sessions will be held 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24 at the South County Courthouse, Clerk and Comptroller’s Office, 4004 S. Tamiami Trail in Venice; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at Sarasota County Historic Courthouse, 2000 Main St. in Sarasota.

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Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor, nearly a decade as co-founder and editor of a community newspaper in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.