Does A DUI Conviction Impact My Auto Insurance Rates?

If you are convicted of a DUI/DWI, your insurance rates will skyrocket!   This is because of a new Florida law that went into effect in 2007, which requires anyone with a DUI conviction to purchase significantly higher cost insurance.  This could cost you as much as $20,000 over the next 3 to 5 years.  

If you are convicted of a DUI in Florida, you are not required to purchase a minimum of $100,000.00/$300,000.00 in Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and $50,000.00 in Property Damage Liability Insurance in order to drive after a DUI conviction. In addition to this, not all insurance companies are willing to insure people convicted of a DUI and even then only at a very high price! 

The long term cost of losing your DUI case and being convicted of DUI in Florida will far outweigh the short term savings of retaining the least expensive attorney you can find.