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Washington DUI Penalites
Experienced Washington State DUI Lawyers
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Washington DUI Penalties and Mandatory Minimums
Washington's DUI laws are among the toughest in the country. If you are convicted of DUI in Washington State, you will at a minimum be sentenced to the following:
- Mandatory Jail (All DUI Convictions have a mandatory jail sentence of at least one day - 24 hours)
- Mandatory License Suspension (For a period of at least 90 days)
- Mandatory Installation of an Ignition Interlock Device (For a period of at least one year)
- Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Evaluation
- Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Treatment pursuant to Evaluation Recommendations
- Mandatory Attendance at a Victim Impact Panel
- Mandatory Fines, Costs, Assessments, and Probation Fees (usually from $850.00 to $2,000.00
Your DUI conviction will also lead to significantly higher insurance problems and may be a serious impediment to future employment, particularly if you have a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and drive for a living. Washington's DUI penalties are broken out into two categories based on your alleged Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) or whether you refused to take a blood or breath test. If your BAC was between .08 and .149, you fall into the lesser category of mandatory minimums. If your alleged BAC was .15 or higher, or if you refused to submit to a breath or blood test, you fall into the category of stiffer penalties.
The penalties you face are also directly related to whether or not this is your first offense. If this is your second or third offense within the last seven years, the mandatory minimum penalties increase dramatically. For additional information about your case and the specific mandatory minimum penalties that you are facing, please call our offices for a free consultation.
Washingtion State DUI Sentencing Grid
For more information about Washington State's mandatory minimum DUI sentencing guidelines, please click on the link below:
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