Today, I was at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Administrative Reviews for a Formal Review.\u00a0 Polk County DUI arrests now conduct these hearings telephonically.<\/p>\n
While there, a person who was just arrested for DUI was trying to \u201cwaive\u201d their right to a Formal Review and apply for a hardship license for the entire period of suspension.\u00a0 In a breath test refusal case, this suspension is one (1) year.\u00a0 In an unlawful breath (driver blew over 0.08 legal limit) case, the suspension is six (6) months.\u00a0 This allows a 1st<\/sup> time DUI driver to keep some form of a license during the entire DUI ordeal.\u00a0 If you request a Formal Review, fight the suspension, and lose, there is a 90 day \u201chard\u201d suspension in refusal cases and a 30 day \u201chard\u201d suspension in unlawful breath cases.<\/p>\n In order to be eligible for the hardship license, you must waive your (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I was at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Administrative Reviews for a Formal Review.\u00a0 Polk County DUI arrests now conduct these hearings telephonically. While there, a person who was just arrested for DUI was…<\/span><\/p>\n