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Nevada DUI Penalties | Consequences of Drunk Driving in Nevada : Jail Time, Fines, License Suspension

 

First Nevada DUI: 

• Imprisonment: 2 days - 6 months, or minimum 96 hours community service
• Fines: $400 - $1200
• DUI School: 8 hour DUI school requirement
• Victim Impact Panel: Attendance required
• Driver's License Suspension: 90 days. Restricted work/school license available after 45 days
• Ignition Interlock Device: May be required for 3 - 6 months

Second Nevada DUI: 

• Imprisonment: 10 days - 6 months
• Fines: $600 - $1,200
• Driver's License Suspension: 1 year

Third Nevada DUI (Felony):

• Imprisonment: 1 - 6 years
• Fines: $2,000 - $5,000
• Driver's License Revocation: 3 - 5 years

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Nevada DUI Laws - Relevant Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Title 43 Chapter 484C Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Prohibited Substance

• General Provisions
  • 484C.020 Concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath defined
  • 484C.020 Concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his or her blood or breath defined
  • 484C.030 Concentration of alcohol of 0.18 or more in his or her blood or breath defined
  • 484C.040 Concentration of alcohol of less than 0.18 in his or her blood or breath defined
• Prohibited Acts
  • 484C.110 Unlawful acts; affirmative defense; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone
  • 484C.120 Unlawful acts relating to operation of commercial motor vehicle; affirmative defense; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone
  • 484C.130 Vehicular homicide; affirmative defense
• Preliminary and Evidentiary Testing of Drivers and Others
  • 484C.150 Implied consent to preliminary test of person
  • 484C.160 Implied consent to evidentiary test; exemption from blood test; choice of test; when blood test may be required; when other tests may be used; reasonable force authorized to obtain test in certain circumstances; notification of parent or guardian of minor directed to submit to test
  • 484C.170 Analysis of blood of deceased victim of accident involving motor vehicle to determine presence and concentration of alcohol
  • 484C.180 Arrested person to be given opportunity to choose qualified person to administer test; substitution of test prohibited
  • 484C.190 Presumption that solution or gas used to calibrate device for testing breath is properly prepared
  • 484C.200 Requirements for evidentiary test of breath to determine concentration of alcohol in breath; use of reasonable force to obtain sample or conduct test
  • 484C.210 Revocation of license, permit or privilege to drive when test shows concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in blood or breath; periods of ineligibility to run consecutively
  • 484C.220 Seizure of license or permit; order of revocation; administrative and judicial review; temporary license; sufficiency of notice
  • 484C.230 Hearing by Department; additional temporary license; judicial review; cancellation of temporary license
  • 484C.240 Admissibility of evidence of refusal to submit to evidentiary test; availability of results of test; admissibility of evidence from test
  • 484C.250 Admissibility of results of blood test in hearing or criminal action; immunity from liability for person administering blood test in certain circumstances
• Evaluation and Treatment of Offenders for Alcohol or Drug Abuse
  • 484C.320 Application by first-time offender to undergo program of treatment; sentencing of offender and conditional suspension of sentence; notice to Department
  • 484C.330 Application by second-time offender to undergo program of treatment; sentencing of offender and conditional suspension of sentence; notice to Department
  • 484C.340 Application by third-time offender to undergo program of treatment; sentencing of offender and conditional suspension of proceedings; requirements to participate in program of treatment; certain previous convictions preclude offender from participating in program of treatment
  • 484C.350 Evaluation of first-time offender with a concentration of alcohol of 0.18 in his or her blood or breath and of second-time offenders required; required evaluation of first-time offenders under 21 years of age; requirements of evaluation; out-of-state evaluation; offender to pay cost of evaluation
  • 484C.360 Placement of offender under clinical supervision of treatment facility; payment of charges for treatment; liability of facility limited
• Penalties
  • Criminal Penalties
    • 484C.400 Penalties for first, second and third offenses; segregation of offender; intermittent confinement; consecutive sentences; aggravating factor
    • 484C.410 Penalties when offender previously convicted of certain felonious conduct or homicide; segregation of offender; intermittent confinement; consecutive sentences; aggravating factor
    • 484C.420 Probation prohibited; suspension of sentence and plea bargaining restricted; mandatory orders when person is nonresident
    • 484C.430 Penalty if death or substantial bodily harm results; exception; segregation of offender; plea bargaining restricted; suspension of sentence and probation prohibited; affirmative defense; aggravating factor
    • 484C.440 Penalties for vehicular homicide; segregation of offender; plea bargaining restricted; suspension of sentence and probation prohibited; aggravating factor
  • Device to Prevent Person Who Has Consumed Alcohol from Starting Vehicle
    • 484C.450 Device defined
    • 484C.460 When court is authorized or required to order installation of device; exceptions; installation and inspection
    • 484C.470 Penalties for tampering with or driving without device; probation and suspension of sentence prohibited; plea bargaining restricted
    • 484C.480 Regulations
  • Other Penalties
    • 484C.500 Civil penalty
    • 484C.510 Fee for chemical analysis
    • 484C.520 Mandatory suspension of registration of each motor vehicle registered to person convicted of second or subsequent violation or convicted of vehicular homicide; duration of suspension; court to forward copy of order to Department; contents of order; limited exceptions
    • 484C.530 Offender to attend meeting of panel of victims and provide proof of attendance to court
• Committee on Testing for Intoxication

 

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