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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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Which situation is yours

Ten days to ask for a hearing on the administrative suspension, 150 days of court ordered suspension on a first offense, and an interlock license after 30 days.

After an OUI arrest. 3 stages, from Request a hearing on an administrative OUI suspension.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Request a hearing on an administrative OUI suspension

    Period
    10 days
    From
    The date the administrative suspension takes effect
    Whose
    The driver

    A written request the Secretary of State receives within 10 days stays the suspension until a hearing is held and a decision issued.

    The whole of it: The OUI Stop and the Test →29-A M.R.S. § 2453

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Court ordered suspension for a first OUI

    Period
    150 days
    From
    The start of the court ordered suspension
    Whose
    The driver

    A person with no previous OUI offense within 10 years has the license suspended by the court for 150 days, a minimum that cannot be suspended.

    The whole of it: OUI Penalties →29-A M.R.S. § 2411

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    Time served before an interlock license after one OUI

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The first day of the OUI suspension
    Whose
    The driver

    With one OUI offense, the license may be reinstated after 30 days of the suspension if an approved interlock is installed for the rest of it.

    The whole of it: The Ignition Interlock License →29-A M.R.S. § 2508

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What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The First OUI in Court

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