State records
DUI rules by state
What happens to your license after an arrest is decided by state law, and the differences are large. These records hold the administrative deadline for each state we cover, the agency that receives the request, and the statute the rule comes from.
We publish a state only when its record clears our threshold: at least two primary sources, a complete set of fields, and a recent verification date. That is why this list is shorter than fifty. Coverage grows as research is finished, and the methodology page explains the standard in detail.
| Agency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | DUI | 30 days | Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division. Hearings are held by the ADOT Executive Hearing Office. | 2026-08-20 |
| California | DUI | 10 days | California DMV, Driver Safety Office. The hearing is run by a DMV hearing officer, not a judge. | 2026-08-20 |
| Colorado | DUI | 7 days | Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, Express Consent Unit. Once the request is approved the Department of Revenue Hearings Division schedules it. | 2026-08-20 |
| Florida | DUI | 10 days | Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Administrative Reviews, at the office named on your citation or notice | 2026-08-20 |
| Georgia | DUI | 30 days | Georgia Department of Driver Services. A timely paid request is then docketed with the Office of State Administrative Hearings. | 2026-08-20 |
| Nevada | DUI | See record | Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, Office of Administrative Hearings | 2026-08-20 |
| North Carolina | DWI | 10 days | For the civil revocation, the court system: a magistrate or district court judge, with the clerk of court handling the request. For the separate refusal revocation, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles. | 2026-08-20 |
| Ohio | OVI | 30 days | The Ohio BMV imposes the suspension through the arresting officer, but the appeal is filed in the court that has the OVI charge: municipal, county, juvenile, mayor's, or common pleas | 2026-08-20 |
| Pennsylvania | DUI | See record | PennDOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing, imposes the suspension by mailed notice. The challenge is a statutory appeal filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division, in your county of residence under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1550. | 2026-08-20 |
| Texas | DWI | 15 days | Texas Department of Public Safety. The request must be received at DPS headquarters in Austin. The hearing itself is held by an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | 2026-08-20 |
| Washington | DUI | 7 days | Washington State Department of Licensing, Administrative Law Office | 2026-08-20 |
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How to read these records
The deadline column is the number of days you have to contest the administrative suspension. It is not the deadline for the criminal case, which is separate and usually longer. States also differ on what starts the clock, whether refusing a test changes the answer, and whether the count is calendar days or business days, so the record page matters more than the number in this table.
Sources are verified against primary sources before publication. A record shows a named attorney reviewer only after licensed attorney review; until then it displays as source verified with review pending.
If you know a rule here is out of date, please tell us. Corrections to deadlines are treated as urgent because people act on them.
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