Today’s topic of discussion concerns out-of-state-drivers and Bureau of Motor Vehicle suspensions. The State of Maine is well known as a vacation area. People from all over the country come here to Maine for vacation. Unfortunately, folks who come here to vacation do occasionally get arrested for OUI.

If you’re from out of state and you are arrested for Operating Under the Influence (it might be called DWI or DUI in your state) in the State of Maine, the Maine Secretary of State will take the following action…

Nobody plans on getting a DUI. Rather, most people head out for a few drinks and before they make it home the blue lights come on. You know the rest of the story. Unfortunately, far too often I have people coming through my office saying it’s much cheaper to plead guilty to a 1st offense …Continue Reading →

During the course of an investigation involving driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, many factors become critical issues. Even one of these fundamental underlying factors can turn your case into something far beyond your scope of understanding, and it can take the skill of a professional DUI lawyer to get you out of …Continue Reading →

Throughout the course of this blog, you have been presented snippets of information related to a machine commonly called an IID ignition interlock device. This is a common sentencing alternative to total loss of driving privileges available to certain offenders, such as those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol at least two times. It offers a compromise for those needing to drive to work or school and offers the court some much-needed security for public safety…

In most states, there are many different places that the average person can take a driving course to satisfy court requirements as related to a DUI conviction. However, in the state of Maine, there is only one place that you can take this type of course, since it is the only state-approved provider of alcohol …Continue Reading →

If you are a Maine resident and you are arrested and charged with a DUI/DWI/OUI in another state, there will be collateral consequences to your Maine driver’s license.  While no one but Maine can suspend your Maine driver’s license, the other state can and will suspend your driving privileges.  For most people, they may never …Continue Reading →

A first offense may not sound like a big deal, but if repeated it can quickly avalanche into a huge crisis that you deal with for the rest of your life. A second offense sounds more serious than the first, to be sure, but still not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, …Continue Reading →

It is a Saturday night, and you are out with two of your favorite friends on campus, just having a good time and enjoying life. A few drinks, some laughs, a pizza, and texting random friends with random thoughts. Maybe a drive to get some more beer…and suddenly everything in your life changes for the …Continue Reading →

Every year, states add new legislation dealing with driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol laws in order to deter motorists from making decisions that could affect the rest of their lives. Sometimes these come in the form of sentence changes, such as new or additional penalties, and on occasion they come in the form of …Continue Reading →

We hear a lot of information regarding possible sentences and outcomes for someone who is convicted of operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but many focus solely on the potential sentence handed down by a judge. Many have no idea that other possible results of an OUI conviction are looming, and these individuals …Continue Reading →

There are several states that have made significant changes to existing law regarding driving under the influence of alcohol. These may be positive or negative changes from the viewpoint of anyone charged with DUI, depending on that person’s situation and the state making the change. Here is a brief rundown of those changes, by state: …Continue Reading →