What are the Penalties for a Felony DUI?
Posted on Dec 8, 2014 12:16pm PST
If you have been charged with a felony offense of driving while intoxicated
(DUI / DWI), you will want to develop a solid knowledge of your case and
know what you are up against in Missouri & Kansas. You can be charged
with a felony DUI offense if you have two or more prior offenses.
For a third offense of driving while intoxicated, you can be locked up
in jail for 90 days up to a number of years. Other consequences include:
- Mandatory drug / alcohol treatment program
- Fine of up to $5,000.00
- 10 year driver's license revocation
- Installation of the Ignition Interlock Device
- Extended probation
Ignition Interlock Device (IID) is a breath-testing device that is required
in your vehicle if you are convicted of a felony DUI / OWI. In order for
the vehicle to be started, the driver will need to blow into the device
to prove that he or she is not operating the vehicle with any recognizable
level of alcohol.
If you are stopped by a police officer for a third or subsequent charge
and shown to have refused to submit to a chemical test to confirm your
level of intoxication, your license will be automatically suspended. The
arresting officer has the right to choose which type of test will be administered.