6 essential steps after getting a DUI in California

There are 6 essential steps you must take after getting a DUI in California.

  1.  Step 1 is URGENT – you only have 10 days after your DUI Arrest to ask for a DMV Stay and a Hearing to try to protect your license.
    Read more about DUI Step 1.

  2.  Step 2 is to make notes about your DUI arrest before you forget what happened.
    Read more about DUI Step 2.

  3. Step 3 is to get informed – know your rights, know the law, know the penalties.
    Knowledge is power!
    Read more about DUI Step 3.

  4.  Step 4 is to get a copy of your DUI Police Report
    Read more about DUI Step 4.

  5.  Step 5 is to choose who will defend you. Will you defend yourself, hire a DUI attorney or get a Public Defender?
    Learn more about DUI Step 5.

  6. Step 6 is  to choose to accept a Plea Bargain or take it to Jury Trial. You can take your case to trial and select a jury to decide your guilt or innocence, or work out and accept a plea bargain with the prosecutor.
    Learn more about DUI Step 6.

These 6 steps will help you prepare for the two major hurdles ahead of you:-

  • Your DMV Hearing to try to protect your license, and
  • Your DUI Court case.

You need to understand that these are two separate events in two separate institutions (the DMV and the Court). Read more about DMV Hearing vs Court: Two Major DUI Hurdles

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