Q: I received a ticket in january and received supervision for it..then I got another one, can I extend my supervision?

A: If you were on supervision for your previous offense when you were ticketed for your second offense, you have violated the terms of your first supervision sentence by picking up a new offense during the period. The likely outcome is something known as a petition to revoke (PTR) your supervision and impose a conviction. This is a serious matter as the secretary counts convictions rather than supervisions on your license record and it could form the basis for a suspension depending on your recent driving history.

If you violated your supervision and it wasn't in Kane County, you should receive notice of a petition to revoke in the mail at the address the court has on file for you. If you had supervision in Kane County, they ordinarily wave this right to notice of a petition to revoke. The best way to find out what the status of your case is is to contact the clerk's office where the supervision you violated was and ask them what the status of the case is. If they say you are still on supervision with no issues, then there's nothing to worry about.

If they say you have a petition to revoke pending or have a conviction, you should contact an attorney to help restore your supervision and eliminate the harm to your license of having your supervision revoked. If it is, not only can it harm your license but it will make the offense public record leading to potential rate increases or cancellation of your insurance policy.

For this reason, you must be proactive to determine what is going on with your previous disposition of court supervision.

If they are in separate counties, it does make it easier to dodge a PTR because there is more chance of no one catching the violation. Other than that, the different counties is of little consequence.

You aren't able to "extend" your supervision because each case has its own supervision term. They do however run concurrently so it won't start when the other ends but rather both will run at the same time meaning you can be on supervision for two offenses simultaneously.

I do want to warn you that because you have two supervisions active, you are no longer eligible for supervisions and future offenses will by law be required to be entered as convictions. Very few legal tricks can avoid this inevitability so for at least the next 12 months (since you can only get supervision twice in a 12 month period), please drive safer because each new offense will seriously put your license at risk of conviction and your insurance at risk of cancellation.

Hope that helps!