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DUI law in Maryland

The criminal charge and your driving privileges are separate questions. Check both.

DUI law in Maryland concerns both the criminal charge and the right to drive. The applicable licence process depends on the alleged conduct, test result or refusal, and the notice or court order. A criminal court date is not a substitute for checking a separate licence deadline. The cited rules below identify what has been verified for this jurisdiction.

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

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The agency or court identified by the applicable licence proceeding
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Check the applicable notice or order for the deadline and its starting event
Deadline to request a hearing
Within 30 days from issuance of the suspension order; a request within 10 days has different temporary-license consequences.
  • This covers the administrative hearing described in § 16-205.1 for a qualifying test result or test refusal.
  • A hearing request after 10 days does not extend the officer-issued temporary license that allows 45 days of driving. The 30-day request window is not an extension of permission to drive.
Verified Md. Code, Transportation § 16-205.1Official source (opens in a new tab)
Suspension under the cited rule
Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
Hearing procedure under the cited rule
Submit a written hearing request to the Motor Vehicle Administration within 30 days from issuance of the suspension order. A mailed request is treated as made on its USPS postmark date.
  • If the driver's license has not already been surrendered, it must be surrendered when the hearing request is made.
  • The separate 10-day request window affects temporary-license treatment; a later request does not extend the officer-issued 45-day temporary license.
Verified Md. Code, Transportation § 16-205.1Official source (opens in a new tab)

Criminal charge

The criminal case

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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.
Lookback period
Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.

Alcohol-concentration thresholds in Maryland

The cited provision controls the threshold’s scope. Underage and commercial rules can concern licensing as well as criminal liability; they are not all the same offense.

Standard drivers
Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
Operating a commercial motor vehicle
Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.
Under-21 rule
Not published yet. We show a figure only once it has been confirmed against the official source and dated.

Maryland in detail

License suspensionThe administrative deadline to request a hearing, what happens if it passes, and how the licence case runs beside the criminal one.PenaltiesStatutory ranges by offense number, lookback-period aware — fines, jail, suspension length, interlock.Implied consent and refusalWhat refusing a test does to the licence case and to the criminal case.

8 further Maryland topics — interlock, hardship licences, drug DUI, felony DUI, underage, commercial drivers, checkpoints and record relief — are part of the approved taxonomy and are not built yet.