DWI/DUI - Drunk Driving In Connecticut - License Suspension
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Connecticut's Drivers License Suspension Law - DUI
If you have been arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol
and/or drugs and either failed a chemical alcohol analysis of your blood,
breath, or urine or refused to submit to such analysis, your operator's
license or privilege is suspended effective 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first
day following the date of the arrest. A Notice of Suspension will be
mailed to your address of record allowing seven days to request a
hearing.
Before the final date to request a hearing noted on the suspension
notice, you must call the Administrative Per Se Unit directly at
860-263-5204. That Unit can be contacted between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday.
If you have already scheduled a hearing and wish to request a
continuance for good cause, you must contact the Administrative Per Se
Unit directly at 860-263-5204. However, if the suspension has already
taken effect and you would like to find out your requirements for
restoration, please either write or call:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Driver Services Division
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161-2525
Phone: 860-263-5720
The driver's license sanctions (license suspension periods) outlined
below have been revised recently and will be imposed in addition to
criminal penalties. In most cases, the driver's license sanctions will be
imposed much earlier. In all cases, they will be imposed in addition to
criminal penalties and will appear on your driving record.
If you have been arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol
and/or drugs and either failed a chemical alcohol analysis of your blood,
breath, or urine or refused to submit to such analysis, your operator's
license or privilege is suspended effective 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first
day following the date of the arrest. A Notice of Suspension will be
mailed to your address of record allowing seven days to request a
hearing.
Before the final date to request a hearing noted on the suspension
notice, you must call the Administrative Per Se Unit directly at
860-263-5204. That Unit can be contacted between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday.
If you have already scheduled a hearing and wish to request a
continuance for good cause, you must contact the Administrative Per Se
Unit directly at 860-263-5204. However, if the suspension has already
taken effect and you would like to find out your requirements for
restoration, please either write or call:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Driver Services Division
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161-2525
Phone: 860-263-5720
The driver's license sanctions (license suspension periods) outlined
below have been revised recently and will be imposed in addition to
criminal penalties. In most cases, the driver's license sanctions will be
imposed much earlier. In all cases, they will be imposed in addition to
criminal penalties and will appear on your driving record.
| Learn on what will happen to your license if you get a DUI/DWI out of state or outside of the country. |
Driver's 16 and 17-Years-Old
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Blood Alcohol Level |
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First Offense
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Second Offense
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Third Offense
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| Refusal to submit to a blood,
breath or urine test
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18 months |
3 years |
6 years
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Test results of .02 or higher; up to, but not including, .16
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1 year
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2 years
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4 years
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Test results of .16 or higher
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1 year |
30 months
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5 years
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Driver's Between the Ages 18 to 20
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Blood Alcohol Level |
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First Offense
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Second Offense
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Third Offense
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| Refusal to submit to a blood, breath or urine test
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1 year |
2 years |
6 years |
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Test results of .02 or higher; up to, but not including, .16
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6 months |
18 months |
4 years |
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Test results of .16 or higher
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240 days |
20 months |
5 years |
Drivers 21 Years Old and Older
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Blood Alcohol Level |
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First Offense
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Second Offense
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Third Offense
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| Refusal to submit to a blood,
breath or urine test
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6 months | 1 year | 3 years |
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Test results of .08 or higher; up to, but not including, .16
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90 days | 9 months | 2 years |
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Test results of .16 or higher
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120 days | 10 months | 2 1/2 years |
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