The penalties you may face with a DUI charge range from a driver’s license suspension to jail time.
Connecticut has strong mandatory penalties, even for a first DUI offense. First, administrative penalties from the Department of Motor Vehicles:
Loss of license for at least 90 days, or longer if the blood-alcohol test shows .16 or higher
Loss of license for at least six months for refusing to take a blood-alcohol test
These penalties are automatic and begin on the first of the month following your arrest. Second, criminal penalties from the state court system. These penalties result from a DUI conviction and are above and beyond any administrative penalties from the DMV:
First offense: One-year suspended license; six-month jail sentence, with 48 hours mandatory minimum time in jail, or a suspended sentence with 100 hours of community service; fine from $500 to $1,000.
Second offense: One-year suspended license, followed by two years with ignition interlock device; two-year jail sentence, with mandatory 120 days in jail; 100 hours of community service; fine of $1,000 to $4,000.
Third offense: Revocation of license; three-year sentence with one-year mandatory time in jail; 100 hours of community service; fine of up to $8,000.
In addition to the official penalties listed above, you may incur the following:
Towing costs
Bail bond
Attorney costs
Missed work time
Cost of mandatory alcohol education program
The penalties you may face with a DUI charge range from a driver’s license suspension to jail time.
Connecticut has strong mandatory penalties, even for a first DUI offense. First, administrative penalties from the Department of Motor Vehicles:
Loss of license for at least 90 days, or longer if the blood-alcohol test shows .16 or higher
Loss of license for at least six months for refusing to take a blood-alcohol test
These penalties are automatic and begin on the first of the month following your arrest. Second, criminal penalties from the state court system. These penalties result from a DUI conviction and are above and beyond any administrative penalties from the DMV:
First offense: One-year suspended license; six-month jail sentence, with 48 hours mandatory minimum time in jail, or a suspended sentence with 100 hours of community service; fine from $500 to $1,000.
Second offense: One-year suspended license, followed by two years with ignition interlock device; two-year jail sentence, with mandatory 120 days in jail; 100 hours of community service; fine of $1,000 to $4,000.
Third offense: Revocation of license; three-year sentence with one-year mandatory time in jail; 100 hours of community service; fine of up to $8,000.
In addition to the official penalties listed above, you may incur the following:
Towing costs
Bail bond
Attorney costs
Missed work time
Cost of mandatory alcohol education program
My best advice is NOT to drink and drive at all.
not sure… you planing to do it??