Administrative Suspensions and Revocations

If you are charged with a DWI in Missouri, you have only 15 days act in order to avoid a suspension or revocation of your driving privilege! If you blow over the legal limit, you have only 15 days to request an administrative hearing. If you miss this deadline, there is no second chance and your license will be either suspended or revoked. If you request an administrative hearing within 15 days, your lawyer can argue against a suspension or revocation at an administrative hearing.

The arresting officer should provide you with a form 2385, which also serves as your temporary driving privilege. Keep this form in your vehicle and provide it to your St. Louis DWI defense attorney.

A first offense of an administrative alcohol violation results in a 90 day suspension of your license if your attorney does not prevail in these civil proceedings. After 30 days, you can become eligible for a Limited Driving Privilege which will allow you to prepare for full reinstatement after 90 days. If there is a second offense within five years, the result is a one year suspension.

Mr. Abramson often assists his clients in obtaining Limited Driving privileges when necessary in order to allow drivers to get to work

Refusal Cases

If you refuse a breath or blood test, your license is revoked for one year unless you file a lawsuit to stop the revocation. This remains the case even for Defendant’s being charged with their first DWI.

You only get a 15 day temporary driving privilege in the meantime. The arresting officer should provide you with a form 4323, which you should keep with you and provide to your St. Louis DWI defense attorney.

Within that 15 day window, your lawyer can file a lawsuit and request a Stay Order, signed by a judge, that will allow you to continue driving. Your Stay Order will remain in effect until the challenge to your Driver’s License Revocation case is heard by a judge.