The licence case
Licence suspension after a DUI arrest in Michigan
The licence proceeding has its own deadlines. Check the applicable notice or order, not just the criminal court date.
Hearing-request deadline in Michigan: For a chemical-test refusal, request the implied-consent hearing within 14 days of the date of the officer's written notice.
MCL 257.625e (opens in a new tab)The notice identifies your proceeding. Conditions below.
The window
- Deadline to request a hearing
- For a chemical-test refusal, request the implied-consent hearing within 14 days of the date of the officer's written notice.
- This deadline concerns the refusal suspension, not every licensing action after an OWI arrest.
- Hearing procedure under the cited rule
- Request the Secretary of State implied-consent hearing using the refusal notice, within 14 days of its date.
- Counsel is permitted but is not required for this hearing. Failure to request the hearing on time results in license suspension.
- 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
- For a noncommercial vehicle, a chemical-test refusal carries a 1-year suspension; a second or subsequent refusal within 7 years carries 2 years.
- These are the sanctions when no timely hearing is requested or the refusal is sustained. Commercial-vehicle group designations have separate sanctions.
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 Michigan 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 a chemical-test refusal, request the implied-consent hearing within 14 days of the date of the officer's written notice.
- This deadline concerns the refusal suspension, not every licensing action after an OWI arrest.
- 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.