DUI Arrest Urgent First Steps

When you're first arrested for a DUI or drunk drivingfor you on that piece of paper.
charge you are given a literal TON of conflictingYou do not need a DUI lawyer to file this for you or
information from the courts, the DMV, DUI lawyers, andanything like that. Even if you end up canceling the
of course the good old internet. So this article willhearing later on it's a good idea to go ahead and
hopefully serve to clarify a few things for you so youschedule one. What this will do is extend your driving
can make the best decisions for yourself and yourprivilege 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 thinkdriver license hearings it could be months... and you will
about is preserving your driving privileges with thebe allowed to drive for these months.
DMV. Go through all the paperwork you have that theSo 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 pinkthat instructs you as to exactly how to schedule your
piece of paper) that allows you to drive for a certainDMV 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 allowsyou'll then want to consider defending yourself from
you to drive is different depending on the state youbeing convicted. To do that you should strongly
were arrested for DUI in but typically it's roughly aboutconsider hiring a DUI lawyer and learning everything
10 days. So ten days after your DUI arrest you willyou can on the subject of DUI law and how it will
lose your driving privilege UNLESS you file for a DMVaffect you.
administrative hearing which the details should be listed