What is Florida's Ten Day Rule?

You only have 10 days from the date of your D.U.I. arrest to request a formal review hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles to contest the Administrative License Suspension and attempt to get your license back. If you fail to request the hearing with the 10-day period, your license will be suspended for either 6 months, 1 year, or 18 months depending on the circumstances.

It is important to contact an attorney within the 10-day period to help protect your rights.

 If a formal review hearing is requested within the mandatory 10 days of your D.U.I. arrest, you will be issued a temporary license that is good until seven days after the hearing. The hearing will be set approximately 30 days after your arrest. At midnight of the 7th day after the hearing, however, until you either receive notice that you won, or if the suspension is upheld, your license is suspended. Otherwise, you only have 10 days to drive after your D.U.I arrest using your citation as a driving permit.

  It is important to contact an attorney within the 10-day period to help protect your rights.

If you have been arrested for DUI you need to act quickly to protect your license.