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Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

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The officer's report within six business days, seven days from the mailed notice to ask for a hearing, and a suspension that starts within thirty days.

After a DUI arrest. 3 stages, from The officer's report after a DUI arrest.

  1. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Asking for the license suspension hearing

    Period
    7 days
    From
    The date the suspension notice is mailed
    Whose
    The driver

    The driver schedules the hearing by contacting the Department of Motor Vehicles not later than seven days after the notice is mailed; a driver who does not has the suspension affirmed.

  2. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    When the license suspension takes effect

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The later of the arrest notice or the blood or urine results
    Whose
    The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

    The suspension starts on a date certain not later than thirty days after that, and the hearing is held before it.

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Breath Test

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