DUI arrest procedures — Delaware Permit Test

At a Delaware DUI arrest, the officer confiscates the driver's license (except an out-of-state license) and issues a 15-day temporary license.

Taking the license at the scene keeps an impaired driver from getting back in the car that night.

The officer will then issue a 15-day temporary license.

A driver arrested for DUI in Delaware has 15 days to request an administrative hearing, and the license is revoked at the end of the 15 days if no hearing is requested.

A driver who sets the paperwork aside loses the license automatically, without ever being heard.

The license will be revoked at the end of the 15-day period if no hearing is requested.

Delaware's Motor Vehicle Administrative Hearing decides whether the officer had probable cause, whether the evidence shows the driver was under the influence, and whether the driver refused a chemical test after being told the penalty.

A hearing that checks the officer's reasons protects a driver who was stopped without good cause.

Whether a police officer had probable cause to believe that the driver was driving, operating, or had actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

After taking the license at a Delaware DUI arrest, what temporary license does the officer issue?

A 15-day temporary license. Taking the license at the scene keeps an impaired driver from getting back in the car that night. Delaware Driver Manual, p.55: “The officer will then issue a 15-day temporary license.”