The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Maryland
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Maryland: Within 30 days from issuance of the suspension order; a request within 10 days has different temporary-license consequences.
Md. Code, Transportation § 16-205.1 (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Maryland 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
- 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.
- 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.