| When you're first arrested for a DUI or drunk driving | | | | for you on that piece of paper. |
| charge you are given a literal TON of conflicting | | | | You do not need a DUI lawyer to file this for you or |
| information from the courts, the DMV, DUI lawyers, and | | | | anything like that. Even if you end up canceling the |
| of course the good old internet. So this article will | | | | hearing later on it's a good idea to go ahead and |
| hopefully serve to clarify a few things for you so you | | | | schedule one. What this will do is extend your driving |
| can make the best decisions for yourself and your | | | | privilege until the hearing actually takes place. |
| future. | | | | Depending on how backed up the DMV is with these |
| Of the most urgent concern for you to now think | | | | driver license hearings it could be months... and you will |
| about is preserving your driving privileges with the | | | | be allowed to drive for these months. |
| DMV. Go through all the paperwork you have that the | | | | So the point is find that piece of paper (the paper |
| police officer gave you the night of your DUI arrest. | | | | license) and locate the telephone number on the back |
| You should find a paper license (it's probably a pink | | | | that instructs you as to exactly how to schedule your |
| piece of paper) that allows you to drive for a certain | | | | DMV administrative hearing. |
| amount of days from the date of issue. | | | | After you have successfully scheduled your hearing |
| The amount of days that the piece of paper allows | | | | you'll then want to consider defending yourself from |
| you to drive is different depending on the state you | | | | being convicted. To do that you should strongly |
| were arrested for DUI in but typically it's roughly about | | | | consider hiring a DUI lawyer and learning everything |
| 10 days. So ten days after your DUI arrest you will | | | | you can on the subject of DUI law and how it will |
| lose your driving privilege UNLESS you file for a DMV | | | | affect you. |
| administrative hearing which the details should be listed | | | | |