Penalties For DUI
- A conviction for DUI first offense carries a mandatory minimum fine of $250 and a revocation of your driver’s license for one year.
- A conviction for DUI second offense carries a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and a revocation of your driver’s license for three years. You may also face a jail term of up to one year.
- A conviction for DUI second offense within ten years of prior offense carries a mandatory minimum 10-day jail term in addition to the aforementioned penalties.
- A conviction for DUI second offense within five years of prior offense carries a mandatory minimum of 20 days in jail.
- Three DUI convictions within a ten-year period include a mandatory, indefinite driver’s license revocation. If your driving privilege is revoked for a first or second DUI offense conviction and you receive another DUI, the license revocation period will run consecutively with the existing revocation period.
- A conviction for DUI third offense or DWI felony includes a mandatory, minimum $1,000 fine as well as a mandatory indefinite driver’s license revocation and a prosecution as a Class 6 felony.
- A conviction for DUI third offense within five years carries a mandatory, minimum six-month jail term.
- A conviction for DUI third offense within ten years carries a mandatory, minimum 90-day jail term as well as a permanent forfeiture of your vehicle (if you are the sole owner).
- A conviction for DUI fourth or subsequent offense requires a mandatory, minimum one-year jail term.
- The first offense of a BAC of 0.15% and not higher than 0.20% at the time of arrest carries a carries a mandatory, minimum five-day jail term in addition to all other penalties.
- The second offense within ten years carries a mandatory, minimum ten-day jail term in addition to all other penalties
- The first offense for a person with a BAC of 0.20% or higher at the time of arrest carries a mandatory, minimum ten-day jail term in addition to all other penalties.
