The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Arkansas
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Arkansas: The Office of Driver Services must receive the hearing request within 7 calendar days after the suspension, revocation, disqualification or denial notice is given.
A.C.A. § 5-65-402 (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- Deadline to request a hearing
- The Office of Driver Services must receive the hearing request within 7 calendar days after the suspension, revocation, disqualification or denial notice is given.
- This is the administrative challenge under § 5-65-402, not the date of the criminal court hearing.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Send a written hearing request to the Office of Driver Services within the notice's 7-calendar-day period.
- The request must be received on time; requesting a hearing does not itself stay the licensing action.
- The receipt/notice gives the office's address, telephone numbers and hearing-request procedure.
- 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
- Refusing the breath, saliva or urine test: 180 days for a first offense; 2 years for a second, 3 years for a third, or lifetime revocation for a fourth within the statute's five-year period.
- A qualifying first-offense alcohol case may be eligible for an ignition-interlock restricted license. Prior qualifying refusals and administrative actions are counted under subsection (c).
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 Arkansas 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 Office of Driver Services must receive the hearing request within 7 calendar days after the suspension, revocation, disqualification or denial notice is given.
- This is the administrative challenge under § 5-65-402, not the date of the criminal court hearing.
- 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% or more while operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
- 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.