The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Louisiana
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Louisiana: For an administrative hearing under R.S. 32:667–668 after a DWI arrest, the written request to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections must be made within 30 days from the date of arrest.
RS 32:667 (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- Deadline to request a hearing
- For an administrative hearing under R.S. 32:667–668 after a DWI arrest, the written request to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections must be made within 30 days from the date of arrest.
- The period runs from arrest, not from a later court appearance or the arrival of delayed chemical-test results.
- A person unable to request a hearing within 30 days because of incarceration, hospitalization or another cause acceptable to the department may submit documentation establishing that inability. A request under that exception must be submitted no later than 90 days from arrest; this is not an automatic 90-day extension.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Make a written request to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections for an administrative license hearing under R.S. 32:667–668. The temporary license receipt, or a separate form issued to the arrested person, provides a way to request it.
- The ordinary request period is 30 days from arrest. The documented-inability exception in R.S. 32:667(A)(2)(b) has a 90-day outer limit and is not an automatic extension.
- Upon receiving a hearing request, the department issues a document extending the temporary license through completion of the administrative proceedings and forwards the record to the Division of Administrative Law for a hearing.
- This administrative license hearing is distinct from the criminal DWI case.
- 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 Louisiana 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
- For an administrative hearing under R.S. 32:667–668 after a DWI arrest, the written request to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections must be made within 30 days from the date of arrest.
- The period runs from arrest, not from a later court appearance or the arrival of delayed chemical-test results.
- A person unable to request a hearing within 30 days because of incarceration, hospitalization or another cause acceptable to the department may submit documentation establishing that inability. A request under that exception must be submitted no later than 90 days from arrest; this is not an automatic 90-day extension.
- 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.