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Three days to write to the director, a review decision within fourteen days of the notice, six days from its mailing to ask for a hearing, a revocation thirty days after the notice, and sixty days to regain a missed hearing.

After a DUI arrest. 5 stages, from Writing to the director after a DUI arrest.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Writing to the director after a DUI arrest

    Period
    3 days
    From
    Receiving the notice of administrative revocation
    Whose
    The driver

    The driver may show in writing why the license should not be revoked, and sends that information within three days, by mail, electronic mail or in person.

    The whole of it: The License Revocation After a DUI Arrest →HRS 291E-37

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    The director's review of a DUI revocation

    Period
    14 days
    From
    The notice of administrative revocation, in an alcohol case
    Whose
    The director

    The director reviews every notice automatically and mails a written decision no later than fourteen days after it, or twenty eight days in a drug case.

    The whole of it: The License Revocation After a DUI Arrest →HRS 291E-37

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    Asking for the administrative hearing

    Period
    6 days
    From
    The mailing of the director's review decision
    Whose
    The driver

    Where the review affirms the revocation, the driver has six days to request an administrative hearing to contest it.

    The whole of it: The License Revocation After a DUI Arrest →HRS 291E-37

  4. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    When a DUI revocation takes effect

    The date of: The notice of administrative revocation, in an alcohol caseThe same date as stage 2, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The notice of administrative revocation, in an alcohol case
    Whose
    The director

    The license is revoked thirty days after the notice in an alcohol case, or forty four days after in a drug case, or later where a hearing is requested, unless the director rescinds it.

    The whole of it: The License Revocation After a DUI Arrest →HRS 291E-31

  5. Stage 5 · Later in the statutes

    Regaining a missed administrative hearing

    The date of: The notice of administrative revocationThe same date as stage 2, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    60 days
    From
    The notice of administrative revocation
    Whose
    The driver

    A driver who did not ask in time may regain the hearing by asking the director to schedule one within sixty days of the notice.

    The whole of it: The License Revocation After a DUI Arrest →HRS 291E-37

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

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