After a Clark County DUI arrest, you have only 7 days to contact the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and request a hearing to challenge your driver’s license suspension. If the hearing request is not filed within 7 days, your license will be suspended. In order to ensure the formal request is filed correctly and you have the chance to vacate your license suspension, it is best to consult a lawyer and have him or her act on your behalf to file the request.

Having an experienced defense attorney at your side to file a request for your hearing and to represent your rights at your hearing will only benefit the outcome. You will have a much better chance of keeping your driving privileges or having them reinstated. In fact, when an attorney is involved in the DMV hearing this can also benefit the criminal case as the attorney would have already started preparation and an investigation in order to represent you at the hearing.

Las Vegas License Suspension Hearings and DUI

In Clark County, Nevada, an administrative license suspension hearing will typically be conducted at the DMV Office of Administrative Hearings, which is in Las Vegas. They are most often held approximately 4-7 months following the date of the arrest and are conducted similarly to a typical court trial, but there is no jury and an administrative judge will preside rather than a criminal or civil court judge.

During the hearing, the officer who made the arrest will be present to testify and be cross-examined by your lawyer. Your defense attorney may call other witnesses to testify as well, and the judge may consider physical evidence just as in a typical court trial. Generally, the judge will not give a decision at the DMV hearing. Rather, your attorney will usually be notified by the court of the decision in approximately 30 days.

You deserve competent legal protection at your Las Vegas DMV hearing. As an experienced Las Vegas DUI attorney, I can help. Contact my firm today for a free consultation!