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DUI Information Articles

• First Things First
• Do I Have To Go To Court
• Weighing Your Options
• Downfalls of Representing Yourself
• Saving Your License
• Your First DUI
• 2nd DUI/Multiple DUIs
• DUI & Trial Defenses
• Job Consequences
• Treatment Programs
• Alternatives To Jail
• Under 21- Zero Tolerance
• Out of State License
• DUI With Injury/Accident
• Penalty Charts
• Consult a DUI Defense Expert
• DUI's in San Francisco
• Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs)
• The evidence against you in a DUI case
• What To Do If Stopped
• California DUI Offenses


California Vehicle Code Articles


• License Suspension
• Alcohol Container Storage
• Blood Alcohol Content
• Chemical Test Information
• Drinking Inside Your Car
• Drinking While Driving Defined
• DUI Causing Bodily Injury
• DUI Defined
• DUI Program Information
• DUI Punishment – First Offense
• DUI Punishment – Ignition Interlock Device
• DUI Punishment – License Suspension
• DUI Punishment – Second Offense
• DUI Punishment – Third Offense
• DUI Tests After Arrest
• DUI Vehicle Impound
• DUI With DUI Priors
• Felony DUI Punishment – First Offense
• DUI Punishment – First Offense Probation
• Getting Back Your License
• Ignition Interlock Device Information
• Intoxicated Gross Vehicular Manslaughter
• License Revocation – Multiple Offenses
• License Suspension for DUI
• License Suspension Information
• Manslaughter Defined
• More Alcohol = Longer Suspensions
• Open Alcohol in Passenger Compartment
• Open Alcohol Possession in Vehicle
• Open Alcohol While Driving
• Refusing a Blood Test
• Refusing the Breathalyzer
• Refusing to Take Chemical Tests
• Rules for Minor Passengers
• Under-18 License Suspension
• Under-21 Alcohol Possession
• Under-21 DUI – First Offense
• Under-21 DUI Defined
• Under-21 DUI Programs
• Under-21 DUI Punishments
• Under-21 Test Refusals
• Using a Suspended or Revoked License



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VEHICLE IMPOUND FOR DUI

§ 23592. Vehicle Impound for DUI.

(a)(1) The court can order your car impounded for up to 6 months (first offense) or up to 12 months (second offense or more) for conviction of the following:

(A) Driving with a suspended or revoked license;
(B) Failure to yield to a police officer (misdemeanor or felony) if that conviction is within 7 years of any of the following:

(i) Reckless driving, if the vehicle was being driven over 100 miles per hour;
(ii) Misdemeanor DUI;
(iii) Felony DUI;
(iv) Gross vehicular manslaughter;
(v) Vehicular manslaughter.

(2) The cost for storing the vehicle is in the form of a lien on the vehicle.

(b) If the impounded vehicle is subject to a chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract, or lease contract, it can be released to the legal owner if he or she files an affidavit stating the above circumstances and pays the existing impound fees.

Do Not Rely on This Statutory Interpretation. It is for Guidance Only! Make sure you consult the actual California Vehicle Code for the most accurate and current statement of the law.

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