The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Florida
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing review in Florida: the cited procedure below carries its own scope and conditions. Check those against the notice or order for your proceeding; this page does not select a deadline for your case.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Request formal or informal review of the suspension by the department within 10 days after the notice is issued.
- For formal review, the department must schedule a hearing within 30 days after receiving the request. That is the hearing-scheduling period, not a longer request deadline.
- A request for either type of review does not itself stay the suspension.
The window
- 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
- 1 year for a first refusal; 18 months if previously suspended for a refusal
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 Florida 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
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.Check the suspension notice or order and the licensing agency’s official instructions. Do not rely on the criminal court date.
- 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
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
- 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.