Impaired driving penalties — Minnesota Permit Test

An alcohol-related revocation costs a $680 reinstatement fee, a new license application and possibly the Ignition Interlock Device Program.

The fee is the same whatever the offense, and it is paid before any license comes back.

Penalties associated with an alcohol-related revocation of a driver’s license include a $680 reinstatement fee, application for a driver’s license and possibly enrollment in the Ignition Interlock Device Program.

Penalties are more severe with prior DWI arrests, an alcohol concentration of 0.16 percent or above, a child under 16 in the vehicle, or a driver under 21.

Each of those is the state saying this was worse than the ordinary case.

Have a child younger than 16 years of age in the vehicle at the time of the stop.

A driver found at 0.08 percent or above, or who refuses a test, may receive a seven-day temporary license before the revocation begins.

The week is there to arrange a ride and a lawyer, not to keep driving indefinitely.

If you are found to have an alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or above or refuse to take a test to determine an alcohol concentration, you may receive a seven-day temporary license.

A first DWI offense brings a minimum 90-day revocation, or 30 days if you plead guilty.

The guilty plea shortens it because the state does not have to prove the case.

Minimum of 90-day revocation (30 days if you plead guilty to DWI).

A first DWI offense can also bring 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.

It is a criminal penalty on top of losing the license, decided by a court.

90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.

A second DWI offense within 10 years brings a minimum one-year revocation and impounded license plates.

Taking the plates takes the car off the road as well as the driver.

Minimum one-year license revocation if the second offense occurred within 10 years of the first offense.

A third DWI within 10 years of the first two means losing the license for at least three years and a canceled license.

By the third the state stops treating it as an incident and starts treating it as a condition.

Loss of license for a minimum of three years if the third offense occurred within 10 years of the first two offenses.

A second or third DWI offense can bring one year in jail, a $3,000 fine or both.

The fine and the jail term triple from the first offense to the second.

One year in jail, a $3,000 fine or both.

A third DWI also brings a required chemical use assessment, a forfeited vehicle and impounded plates.

The assessment is the state asking whether this is drinking or dependency.

Required chemical use assessment.

What is the reinstatement fee after an alcohol-related revocation?

$680. The fee is the same whatever the offense, and it is paid before any license comes back. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.92: “Penalties associated with an alcohol-related revocation of a driver’s license include a $680 reinstatement fee, application for a driver’s license and possibly enrollment in the Ignition Interlock Device Program.”