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Did the Officer punch a hole in your Driver’s License? (Update) The law changed in 2015 and officers are no longer instructed to punch a hole in the driver’s license. This doesn’t change much regarding pending license suspension. Whether punched or not, it is likely that the police officer has reported your arrest to the Department of Licensing (DOL) and the suspension or revocation of your license is imminent, if you took the breath test with a reading over the legal limit or if you refused the breath test. In either scenario, the DOL will punish you by taking action against your license even if you ultimately are found innocent of the DUI charge.
The main thing to remember is that in the above scenarios, you only have 20 days from the date of arrest to request a hearing to fight the suspension of your license.
If you took the breath test and the reading was .08 or higher your license will be suspended for a minimum of ninety days and up to two years, depending on your record.
If you refused to take the breath test, your license will be revoked for one year and up to two years, depending upon your record.
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The officer should have given you a notice and the Hearing Request form. If you don’t have it, the DOL has an online hearing request form posted online here.
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If you took a blood test, usually the Department of Licensing will send the notice and form to you. The Hearing Request must be mailed to the DOL within 20 days of the date you received the notice (usually it is received on the day of arrest) along with a check for $375 (waivable if you are indigent) in order to get a hearing to fight the “automatic” suspension/revocation.
The punching of the license does not by itself invalidate your license as you can still drive until DOL takes action. While you can still drive, most bars will not take your license with a hole in it. When DOL issues you a new license they punch a hole in the old one to indicate that it is no longer valid. They punched a hole in it then handed it back to him so he could use it for ID purposes – but the hole punched in it meant it was invalid. I've perused the internet and it appears punching a hole in a license is a way of saying a driver's license is invalid in other states of Australia too.
If you take no action or miss the deadline the DOL will suspend or revoke your license. This is true even if you have valid legal defenses to the DOL action and even if you are found innocent of the DUI charge. For most people, the opportunity to fight to save the driver’s license is critical. A driver has the option of applying for a “Ignition Interlock License” which, depending upon the timing, can result in no loss of the ability to drive. However, under the ignition interlock license, the ability to drive is conditioned upon the driver having installed in his/her vehicle and ignition interlock device. There is an exception to the requirement for the device in the case where an individual is an employee, driving an employer-owned car on legitimate company business. Under those circumstances, the employer must sign a declaration under penalty of perjury. Washington’s DUI laws now constitute a complex matrix of choices that must be made by a driver almost immediately after a DUI arrest if the choices are to be made intelligently. Therefore, a good defense lawyer should be consulted immediately after a DUI arrest so that you can be sure you have not missed any mandatory deadline affecting your privilege to drive.
Questions? Call Jon Fox at the Fox Law Firm PLLC (425) 274-9190.
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The Department of Public Safety (DPS) of Minnesota has recently begun indicating invalid driver’s licenses and identification (ID) cards by piercing them with a hole punch that spells out “VOID”. In an effort to comply with updated federal guidelines mandating that invalid commercial driver’s licenses be perforated with a “VOID” hole punch, the DPS Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) division has begun marking all invalid cards with the new method to reduce errors and avoid confusion. The change was effective on July 6, 2015.
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In Minnesota, there are three ways a driver’s license or ID card becomes invalid: 1) applying to renew a license or ID card, 2) applying for a duplicate license or ID card, or 3) applying for a new license or ID card when moving from another U.S. state. The old method for marking invalid licenses and ID cards involved clipping the bottom right corner, a technique which left leeway for fraudulent use. The new “VOID” perforation is both eye-catching and tangible, and better for enforcement officers often working in dim or dark conditions.
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In 2014 alone, the Minnesota DVS issued 1,334,000 driver’s licenses and ID cards. All of the DVS driver’s license agent offices, exam posts, and correctional facilities are now equipped with the “VOID” perforators, which were purchased using a federal grant.