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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.

All of it runs in this browser. The dates are the same ones Your clock and your case file hold, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. What this site records.

Which situation is yours

Seven days to ask for a hearing on the civil suspension, a first offense suspension on the 11th day without one, a preliminary hearing within 21 days of the offense, and a final hearing 21 days after that.

After an impaired driving arrest. 4 stages, from Asking for a hearing on a civil suspension.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Asking for a hearing on a civil suspension

    Period
    7 days
    From
    The notice of intention to suspend
    Whose
    The driver

    A hearing request is mailed or delivered within seven days after the notice; with a request, the suspension takes effect only if the court orders it after the hearing.

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    A first offense suspension with no hearing requested

    The date of: The notice of intention to suspend, counted forwardThe same date as stage 1, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    11 days
    From
    The notice of intention to suspend, counted forward
    Whose
    The driver

    On a first offense without a hearing request, the civil suspension takes effect on the 11th day after the notice.

  3. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    The final hearing on a civil suspension

    Period
    21 days
    From
    The preliminary hearing
    Whose
    The court

    The final hearing is held within 21 days after the preliminary hearing, limited to the issues the section lists.

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What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Stop After the Wedding

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