CT DMV License Suspension and Administrative Per Se Hearing
Administrative Per Se Through DMV
The driver’s license sanctions (license suspension periods) outlined below have been revised recently and will be imposed in addition to criminal penalties. In most cases, the driver’s license sanctions will be imposed much earlier. In all cases, they will be imposed in addition to criminal penalties and will appear on your driving record.
| Driver’s 16 and 17-Years-Old | |||
| Blood Alcohol Level | 1st Offense | 2nd Offense | 3rd Offense |
| Refusal to submit to a blood, breath or urine test. | 18 months | 2 years | 6 years |
| Test results of .02 or higher; up to, but not including, .16. | 1 year | 2 years | 4 years |
| Test results of .16 or higher. | 1 year | 30 months | 5 years |
| Driver’s Between the Ages 18 to 20 | |||
| Blood Alcohol Level | 1st Offense | 2nd Offense | 3rd Offense |
| Refusal to submit to a blood, breath or urine test. | 1 year | 2 years | 6 years |
| Test results of .02 or higher; up to, but not including, .16. | 6 months | 18 months | 4 years |
| Test results of .16 or higher. | 240 days | 20 months | 5 years |
| Drivers 21 Years Old and Older | |||
| Blood Alcohol Level | 1st Offense | 2nd Offense | 3rd Offense |
| Refusal to submit to a blood, breath or urine test. | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years |
| Test results of .08 or higher; up to, but not including, .16. | 90 days | 9 months | 2 years |
| Test results of .16 or higher. | 120 days | 10 months | 2.5 years |
If you have been arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and either failed a chemical alcohol analysis of your blood, breath, or urine or refused to submit to such analysis, your operator’s license or privilege is suspended effective 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first day following the date of the arrest. A Notice of Suspension will be mailed to your address of record allowing seven days to request a hearing.
Before the final date to request a hearing noted on the suspension notice, you must call the Administrative Per Se Unit directly at (860) 764-2744. That Unit can be contacted between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
If you have already scheduled a hearing and wish to request a continuance, you must contact the Administrative Per Se Unit directly at (860) 764-2744. However, if the suspension has already taken effect and you would like to find out your requirements for restoration, please either write or call:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Driver Services Division
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161-2525
Phone: (860) 764-2744
(860) 764-2744
