Arizona Motor Vehicle Division License Suspensions

Your drivers license is at risk of several potential suspenisions

Arizona Administrative License Suspensions:

There are two basic types of administrative license suspensions common in Arizona DUI cases. These suspensions have nothing to do with your ultimate innocence or guilt in the criminal case. If you refused a breath, blood or urine test (or couldn't complete one), you may face a minimum of a year license revocation. If you take a chemical body-alcohol test and fail it, you may face a minimum of a 90-day license suspension.

Arizona MVD Ponts Suspensions:

A DUI carries 8-points on your Arizona driving privileges. It doesn't matter what state your license is from. Any time you accumulate between 8 and 12 points, your Arizona driving privileges will be suspended unless you are eligible for and attend traffic survival school. Beware if you are charged with civil traffic offenses in addition to a DUI (commonly referred to as the "back up charges"), because pleading responsible to an infraction may add to your point total and cause an unforeseen suspension.

Suspension by a DUI Conviction:

When a person is convicted of a DUI in Arizona, the court in which the conviction took place will send an abstract to the MVD. Once the Motor Vehicle Division gets word of the DUI conviction, their policies will dictate what happens next . If the drunk driving conviction was a first offense in a five year time frame, the MVD will not take action because of the conviction if an administrative license suspension has already been issued. Therefore, it may make sense to take the Administrative License Suspension in some cases. Ask an experienced DUI defense lawyer to see if this applies to your case.

Arizona License Suspensions do NOT automatically reinstate.:

Once your driver's license is suspended in Arizona, it does not automatically reinstate, even if the duration of the suspension is up.

Suspensions from a Minor (Under 21 years old) Arizona DUI:

If you are convicted of a minor DUI in Arizona your license will be suspended for at least 2 years if you are above 18 years old.

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