When you received your Vermont DUI, if the officer took your
license, and gave you a Notice of Intention to Suspend, your request for an
Administrative hearing must be mailed to the Vermont Department of Motor
Vehicles within 7 days of the date that the arresting officer either hand
delivered or mailed the notice to you. If you do not
mail the request for a hearing within 7 days, you lose the right to contest the
suspension of your license or driving privileges in
Vermont. It is extremely important that you realize the
civil suspension process is entirely different and separate from the criminal
DUI charge. It is easier for the State to win a Civil Suspension Hearing than
obtain a DUI conviction. You can lose your Vermont license or driving privileges
through the civil suspension process without being convicted of DUI
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90 day suspension of drivers license or Vermont driving privileges for an
out-of-State license holder. If breath or blood testing is refused, the
suspension period is 6 months;
Fine of up to $750.00, up to 2 year imprisonment or both, plus court costs
of $186.00 (add $50.00 if refusal);
Completion of an alcohol and driving education program, Project CRASH,
including evaluation by a licensed alcohol counselor who must certify that the
driver should either be eligible for reinstatement or undergo alcohol
counseling and/or treatment;
If treatment is necessary, the driver must complete or show substantial
progress in completing treatment as a condition for reinstatement;
Proof of financial responsibility (SR22) insurance must be filed for 3
years with the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, regardless whether the
offender had auto insurance in effect at the time of the offense;
Pay Vermont D.M.V. a $75.00 reinstatement fee.
Second
Offense
Suspension of Vermont license or driving privileges for 18 months;
Maximum fine of $1,500.00, 2 years imprisonment or both, with at least 400
hours of community service or 100 consecutive hours of imprisonment, with
sentence credit for any time spent in residential alcohol treatment as ordered
by the court;
Completion of Project CRASH or other alcohol and driving program with
completion or substantial progress shown in completing alcohol treatment
program as condition for reinstatement;
All other penalties as applicable to first offense.
Third or Higher Offense (Felony)
Lifetime revocation of Vermont driver's license or non-resident operating
privilege, but eligible for reinstatement 3 years after revocation date upon
proof of total abstinence from drugs and alcohol;
$2,500.00 fine, 5 years imprisonment or both;
All other penalties as applicable to first offense.
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