OUT OF STATE DRIVER DUI

3 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO AFTER YOUR OUT OF STATE DRIVER DUI (NON-CALIFORNIA RESIDENT DUI)

You should highly consider hiring an experienced DUI defense attorney to represent you with your NON-CALIFORNIA RESIDENT DUI Case due to the complexity of today’s DUI laws and POSSIBLE JAIL time and non-resident issues

Don't talk about the facts of your arrest to anyone, but an experienced DUI defense attorney. Attorney-client privilege only applies between you and your attorney, meaning anything you say to a non-attorney can be used against you in court

Don't wait. Act immediately or you may risk waiving certain legal rights forever. For example, you only have 10 days from the date of your arrest to request a DMV hearing (which is basically a trial of whether your driver's license should be suspended). If you fail to reserve a date within 10 days of your arrest, you may lose your rights to a hearing and your DMV license will be automatically suspended

6 ISSUES FOR NON-CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARRESTED FOR DUI

Non-Residents - You will have several complicated decisions to make if you are a resident of another state in the U.S. or another country due to the requirements of California DUI law. Many states have reciprocity with each other, meaning a California DUI will likely affect your state's driving privileges. If you are a visitor from another country, you will have related immigration concerns. ARREST WARRANTS may also become a big concern

Leaving California - If you are a visitor from another country, you should highly consider hiring an experienced California DUI attorney to represent you. You will have several complicated decision to make such as related immigration concerns, leaving California, bail, coming back to the U.S. or California to say the least

Transferability of DUI Case - You are unable to transfer your DUI case to another state or country

Transferability of DUI Penalties - Although it is difficult to transfer penalties to another state or country, an experience California DUI attorney can assess your case to recommend the right resolution to fit your particular situation to the court

Coming Back to California - Again, you should highly consider hiring an experienced California DUI attorney to represent you. You will have several complicated decision to make such as related immigration concerns, bail, and arrest warrants. YOU CALIFORNIA DUI CASE WILL NOT DISAPPEAR BY ITSELF when you get back

Appearing at Court - If you are unable to appear at court for your DUI or any criminal hearing, you face an arrest warrant, meaning the police can arrest you and take you to JAIL. Again, you should highly consider hiring an experienced California DUI attorney to represent you in avoiding unnecessary, but severe criminal penalties. Although, the law now allows judges to require defendants to appear for all DUI hearings, an experienced California DUI attorney may help you avoid unnecessary appears potentially saving thousands of dollars

PENALTIES FOR REGULAR DUI

5 THINGS ABOUT DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AFTER A DUI

Your court DUI case and your DMV License Suspension case are separate matters. The court case is processed by the criminal court system and the DMV case is processed by the DMV administrative agency

After a DUI arrest, you will be given DMV Suspension Notice (DS-367), a pink colored form

Depending on which county you were arrested in, you may have a option of a restricted license or installing an Ignition Interlocking Device or IID

10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE A LAWYER FOR A DUI

The complexity of modern California DMV laws including Ignition Interlock Devices or IID

Unfortunately, but true, prosecutors are more likely to listen to an experienced DUI defense attorney than you

An experienced DUI attorney can assess whether you have legal defenses to the Field Sobriety Tests or FSTs

An experienced DUI attorney can assess whether law enforcement had probable cause to arrest you

An experienced DUI attorney can assess whether you have legal defenses to the Preliminary Alcohol Screening or PAS

An experienced DUI attorney can provide creative and alternative options to serving jail time

An experienced DUI attorney can assess whether your driver's license can be saved

If you hire an attorney, you may not have to appear at court. This allows you to not miss work, saving you money