Meta Description: If you are facing an Alabama DUI (or DWI) charge, you have a critical 10-day deadline to save your driving privileges. This guide explains the process for the administrative license suspension, the separate bail hearing, and how to challenge the loss of your license. Navigating Alabama’s Dual DUI Penalty System: License Suspension vs. […]
Meta Summary: A DUI arrest in Alabama triggers two distinct legal battles: the criminal case and the immediate administrative driver’s license suspension (ALS). This post clarifies the critical 10-day deadline to appeal your license suspension, the process of the administrative hearing (and subsequent judicial review), and the vital differences between appealing the license loss versus
Meta Description: Understand the critical 10-day deadline to file a request for an administrative hearing to contest your Alabama DUI driver’s license suspension. Learn the difference between criminal motions and administrative rescission procedures. Few things create immediate, urgent panic following a DUI arrest in Alabama like the realization that your driver’s license may be suspended