The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Alabama
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Alabama: The hearing request must be received by ALEA—or mailed and postmarked—within 10 days of the applicable notice of intended suspension or suspension.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-307 (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- Deadline to request a hearing
- The hearing request must be received by ALEA—or mailed and postmarked—within 10 days of the applicable notice of intended suspension or suspension.
- This is the administrative hearing under § 32-5A-307. The request does not stay the suspension.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Submit a written hearing request by hand delivery or mail to ALEA's Driver License Division in Montgomery, within the notice-based 10-day period.
- ALEA must receive the request, or it must be mailed and postmarked, within that period. A hearing request does not stay suspension.
- Suspension under the cited rule
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
- Suspension length after a refusal
- 90 days minimum
What happens if the window closes
The effect of a missed hearing-request deadline depends on the proceeding and the applicable law. This page does not determine whether review is still available or whether a particular licence restriction applies. A defence lawyer can review the notice or order and explain the available procedures.
Whether Alabama offers a restricted licence in that situation, and on what conditions, is a state-specific question:
- Hardship or restricted licence
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
- Ignition interlock, first offense
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
How the two cases relate
A licence restriction may arise from a test result, a refusal or a criminal conviction. Those are not interchangeable grounds. The source and conditions attached to each rule matter; this page does not predict how one proceeding will affect another in a particular case.
The two legal questions
The criminal charge and driving privileges can involve different proceedings. The notice, order and cited rule identify the applicable process.
Driving privileges
The licence case
- Forum
- The agency or court identified by the applicable licence proceeding
- Clock
- Check the applicable notice or order for the deadline and its starting event
- Deadline to request a hearing
- The hearing request must be received by ALEA—or mailed and postmarked—within 10 days of the applicable notice of intended suspension or suspension.
- This is the administrative hearing under § 32-5A-307. The request does not stay the suspension.
- Suspension under the cited rule
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
Criminal charge
The criminal case
- Forum
- A criminal court
- Clock
- Check court notices and orders; no case duration is predicted here
- Alcohol-concentration threshold
- 0.08%
- First-offense penalty rule
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.The cited rule may describe a range or a minimum with conditions, not a predicted sentence.