NEW IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSE!

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Effective January 1, 2009, our State enacted a new form of license: the Ignition Interlock License (IIL). The new law affects several important rights of the driver/accused.

First and foremost, you must request a hearing to contest your administrative suspension for driving with a BAC level at or above 0.08 or for refusing a lawful request for a breath or blood test within 20 days of the arrest, not 30 days as is the requirement for arrests prior to 1/1/09. If you fail to timely send in your request for a hearing, your only option is to apply for the IIL or you must not drive during the time of your license suspension.

Second, if you request an IIL in lieu of contesting the administrative license suspension, you thereby waive any right to the administrative hearing or appeal after that hearing.

And third, for DUI arrests after 1/1/09, you are no longer eligible for an Occupational Restricted License (ORL – see below). (Drivers with licenses suspended for Reckless Driving convictions or administrative suspensions based on unpaid tickets will still be eligible for an ORL.)

Finally, persons granted an IIL or a ORL must still submit proof of SR-22 insurance to the Department of Licensing for 3 years.

>> ADVANTAGES OF THE IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSE OVER THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE

>> DISADVANTAGES OF THE IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSE OVER THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE