The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Kansas
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Kansas: The ordinary request period is 14 days after service of the officer's certification and suspension notice.
K.S.A. 8-1020 (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- Deadline to request a hearing
- The ordinary request period is 14 days after service of the officer's certification and suspension notice.
- The request is written, with separate mailing/postmark and fax-receipt requirements. Mail-service and statutory time-computation rules can affect the deadline; use the actual notice and current Kansas Department of Revenue instructions.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Request a Kansas driver’s-license hearing in writing by mail or fax. The hearing is by phone unless you ask for an in-person hearing in the same request.
- This process applies after service of the officer’s certification and suspension notice under K.S.A. 8-1002. The ordinary request period is 14 days after service—not after arrest. Mailing uses a postmark requirement; a fax must reach the division within the request period. Mail-service and time-counting rules can affect the deadline.
- A request for the certifying officer to attend must also be made when requesting the hearing. An in-person hearing is held in the county of arrest or a neighboring county.
- This is the administrative case about driving privileges, separate from the criminal case. Check the suspension notice for the submission instructions; appearing in criminal court does not replace the hearing request.
- 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
- Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
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 Kansas 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 ordinary request period is 14 days after service of the officer's certification and suspension notice.
- The request is written, with separate mailing/postmark and fax-receipt requirements. Mail-service and statutory time-computation rules can affect the deadline; use the actual notice and current Kansas Department of Revenue instructions.
- 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.