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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



Restricted License


You always want to have a DMV hearing. You or your attorney MUST contact DMV within 10 days of your arrest to schedule a hearing. There are issues that your attorney may be able to win on. If you win, you will not have a suspended license.

If you lose your DMV hearing you will have a one month suspension and then you can apply for a restricted license provided that you do the following:

1. Show DMV proof of enrollment in the court ordered First Conviction Program.

2. Pay DMV a $100 license re-issue fee.

3. Provide DMV an SR22- proof of insurance form that you must get from your insurance person.

This is not the document we carry in our wallet. It may take a few weeks to get the form, so plan ahead...

Part of your court punishment will be a 90 day license restriction that usually follows your DMV suspension/restriction.

WARNING
This does not apply to refusals.
Refusals and Multiple convictions need to check with DMV and their attorney for specific suspension and restriction information.

Consult a DUI Expert