Christopher Combs and Steven Waterkotte of Combs Waterkotte discuss if a DWI or DUI can be expunged from your criminal record.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: How does a DUI affect your driver’s license?
Chris Combs: That’s a pretty loaded question. Again, it depends on first offense, second offense. Typically on a first offense refusal – again, I mentioned earlier, whether you refuse or they collect blood, breath, or urine, it goes two different ways. They collect blood, breath, or urine, you’re challenging the way that was collected, tested, the breathalyzer machine itself, and/or if they do a blood draw, how that is handled. Then you’re challenging that with the Missouri Department of Revenue.
On a first offense, you’re looking at a 90 day suspension, 30 days hard, 60 days soft, a handful of hoops you have to jump through, classes, pay a reinstatement fee, obtain SR-22 insurance.
If you refuse, more often than not, on a first offense, we’re able to keep you from losing your license at all. Again, that’s jurisdiction dependent and every case is fact specific. But on a first offense, you’re really not looking at much of a loss of license.
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