Administrative suspension — Idaho Permit Test
Administrative suspension on the Idaho permit test — 8 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are arrested for driving under the influence and fail an evidentiary test by having an alcohol concentration over the legal limit, an officer serves you immediately with a Notice of Suspension.
The notice arrives at the roadside, long before any court date.
a peace officer will serve you immediately with a Notice of Suspension
You have the right to request an administrative hearing on the suspension within seven days of the date on the notice.
Seven days is short, and missing it means the suspension takes effect unchallenged.
You have the right to request an administrative hearing on the suspension within seven (7) days of the date on the notice of suspension
The administrative license suspension is a civil penalty, separate from any criminal penalty imposed by the court, and you must comply with it and also appear in court on the criminal DUI charges.
They are two separate proceedings, and winning one does not settle the other.
The ALS penalty is a civil penalty and is separate and apart from any criminal penalties imposed by the court system
Your notice of suspension becomes effective thirty days after the date you received it.
There is a month between the notice and the suspension, and that month is when a hearing has to be asked for.
Your notice of suspension becomes effective thirty (30) days after the date of service
For a first failure of the evidentiary test, driving privileges are suspended for ninety days, with absolutely no driving privileges during the first thirty days.
The first month is absolute, so even a restricted permit will not get anyone to work.
your driving privileges will be suspended for a period of ninety (90) days
During the first thirty days of that ninety-day suspension you have absolutely no driving privileges.
Absolute means no restricted permit of any kind, for any reason.
You will have absolutely no driving privileges during the first thirty (30) days of that ninety (90) day suspension
You will be required to have an ignition interlock device installed on any vehicle you drive for one year after the end of your suspension period.
The device outlasts the suspension by a year, which is longer than most drivers expect.
You will be required to have an ignition interlock device installed on any vehicle you drive for one (1) year after the end of your suspension period
A second failure of the test within five years brings a one-year suspension with absolutely no driving privileges of any kind.
The second failure is absolute for the whole year, not just the first month.
Your driving privileges will be suspended for one year with absolutely no driving privileges of any kind for a second failure of the test within five (5) years
On the test
When is an Idaho Notice of Suspension served after a failed evidentiary test?
Immediately, by the peace officer. The notice arrives at the roadside, long before any court date. July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, p.125: “a peace officer will serve you immediately with a Notice of Suspension”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, published by the Idaho Transportation Department, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pdf (July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, Idaho Transportation Department, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)