| Being charged with a DUI case in the state of Arizona | | | | your jail costs. Your license can be confiscated for a |
| is not very simple. In fact, the DUI penalty that may be | | | | year, plus you will also be sentenced with community |
| charged to you varies depending on the severity of | | | | service for at least 30 hours. You will also be under |
| your case. But before you deal with your DUI case, | | | | probation for five years. |
| you have to be informed of your rights first by hiring | | | | If you are driving with a blood alcohol content or BAC |
| an experienced attorney and letting him help you | | | | of 0.15 or more, you will be punished based on the |
| throughout the process. | | | | guidelines for extreme DUI cases. In the first conviction, |
| Your attorney will also help you determine what type | | | | you will be sentenced to 30 days in jail, fines and fees |
| of DUI or DWI case you are facing. The most minor | | | | amounting up to $2700, driver's license suspension for |
| case is the first DUI offense, in which the offender | | | | 90 days, and probation for five years. For your second |
| possesses slightly impaired faculties and a blood | | | | extreme DUI offense, you will spend 120 days in jail, |
| alcohol content of .08 or more. The penalty for this | | | | $3700 fines and fees including jail costs, license |
| type of offense is a minimum of 10 days in jail. | | | | revocation for one year, probation for five years, and |
| However, 9 days can be suspended if the offender | | | | a minimum of 30 hours of community service. |
| subjects himself to an alcohol treatment and evaluation | | | | Having a .200 or more BAC while driving will result to a |
| program. Aside from jail time, the offender will also | | | | super extreme case of DUI. You will be sentenced to |
| have to pay around $1500 fine, plus his license can | | | | a minimum of 45 days in jail, plus $3200 total of fees |
| also be suspended for 90 days. Probation can also be | | | | and fines without the jail costs. Your license will also be |
| ordered by the court, and this can last up to five years. | | | | revoked for a year, and you will be under probation for |
| Once you commit your second regular DUI offense | | | | five years. If you commit the same mistake for the |
| within 84 months of your first DUI offense, your jail | | | | second time, you will spend 180 days behind bars, with |
| time will increase up to 90 days, 60 days of which can | | | | fees totaling up to $4500, again without the jail costs. |
| be suspended if you subject yourself to an alcohol | | | | Your license will be revoked for one year, you will be |
| treatment and evaluation program. The fines and fees | | | | under probation for five years, and you have to render |
| that you will have to pay will go up to $3400, excluding | | | | community service for a minimum of 30 hours. |