Arivaca Arizona DUI License Suspension

Reader’s Question:

My daughter got a DUI charge here in Arivaca, Arizona and I heard that there would be a license suspension that is different than the one if she will be convicted for the DUI offense. What kinds of license suspensions could she be facing?

Amara

Arivaca, AZ

The Arizona Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) DUI license suspension is different from the DUI license suspension by a conviction. This kind of suspension is commonly referred to as the administrative license suspension. There are two types of administrative license suspensions that are common in Arizona DUI cases. These license suspensions actually have nothing to do with the DUI suspect’s ultimate innocence or guilt in the DUI case. On your daughter’s DUI arrest in Arivaca, Arizona, if she refused a blood, urine or breath test or was not able to complete a test, she may face a minimum of one year license revocation. If she took the blood alcohol test but failed it, she may face a minimum of a 90-day license suspension.

The other license suspension that she may face would be the suspension by a conviction. If she will be convicted for DUI, the court that the conviction took place will send an abstract to the MVD. Once the MVD gets a word of the DUI conviction, their policies will dictate what happens next. If it is a first DUI conviction in a five-year frame, the MVD would not take action because of the conviction if an administrative license suspension has already been issued.

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