10. If you need
to save your driver's license or privileges, your attorney
has only ten (10) calendar days to contact DMV!
Do not schedule yourself.
If you contact DMV to schedule a date conflicting with your
attorney's calendar, DMV will not reschedule and you may
not get the attorney of your choice. There is no rush as
long as your attorney contacts DMV by the 10th day from
your arrest.
9. The ten (10)
day time limit is computed from the Issue date of the SUSPENSION/REVOCATION
ORDER AND TEMPORARY DRIVER LICENSE. If time is running
out or you are late, contact an attorney ASAP.
8. This ADMINISTRATIVE
PER SE SUSPENSION/REVOCATION ORDER AND TEMPORARY DRIVER
LICENSE is the California DMV paper which you should have
received.
7. Even if you
did not receive this DMV paper, the California DMV will
probably take action against your driving privileges.
6. Even if you
have a license from another state, and even if the officer
did not take your license, that state may also take action
against your driving privileges.
5. This TEMPORARY
DRIVER LICENSE ENDORSEMENT is valid for only thirty (30)
days from the issue date.
If a DMV hearing is requested
within ten (10) days, your DMV TEMPORARY will be extended
& there will be a stay (delay) of any suspension
until the outcome of your DMV hearing is determined.
4. Do not confuse
this initial 30 day TEMPORARY DRIVER LICENSE with
your court date! The DMV and criminal proceedings
are separate and independent. The outcome of one almost
never affects the other. Sometimes the officer or the DMV
paper confuses or misleads you to believe that the TEMPORARY
DRIVER LICENSE is good "until the court date". If there
are approximately thirty (30) days from your arrest date
to your court date, this may just be a dangerous coincidence.
There usually are months before your DMV hearing
takes place.
3. There are
three (3) issues at the hearing if you completed
a chemical test. (See reverse side of DMV paper.)
Issues are whether the officer
had probable cause to stop or contact you or whether
the chemical test evidence is beatable.
2. The DMV has
the burden of proof to prevail on all three (3) issues.
If DMV meets the burden of proof on two (2) issues,
you win!
1. All a DMV
attorney has to do is knock out one (1) DMV issue
to save your license & you avoid any reissue fee
and/or Proof of Insurance SR-22 filing!
