DUI and DWI laws by state
The law is different in every state, and so is the deadline for keeping your license. Pick the state you were arrested in, not the state you live in. They are not always the same, and it is the arrest that matters.
Northeast
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
Midwest
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- MissouriDWI
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- South Dakota
- Wisconsin
South
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
West
- Alaska
- ArizonaDUI
- California
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
States shown in grey do not have pages yet. We add one state at a time, because the whole point is that the numbers on each page are right for that state.
Not sure where to start?
An arrest starts two separate cases. One is criminal and slow. The other decides whether you can drive, starts immediately, and is usually the one that runs out while people are worrying about the first.
What happens after a first arrest →