If you or a family member has been charged with a DUI and are under the legal drinking age in Georgia we can offer you help. There can be a lot of fear and embarrassment associated with underage drinking and driving charges for both the parents and their child.
Call the Law Offices of Hendrick & Maloof to find out the options you may have in your particular case. Our legal team has experience in defending underage DUI charges to keep your loved on from having a criminal record and spending the least amount of time incarcerated in a Georgia prison.
DUI Conviction when under 21 years of age carries the following penalties:
Blood alcohol level of 0.02 grams is standard for DUI in an offender who is under 21.
• Imprisonment not less than 10 days nor more than 12 months;
• Judge may suspend all but 24 hours of imprisonment
• Probation, 12 months less any time served in jail
• Fine not less than $300 nor more than $1,000
• Not less than 40 hours community service
• Attend and complete Drug and Alcohol Risk Reduction School; (DUI school)
• Revocation of drivers license, after 6 months following the effective date of the revocation and subject to the examination requirements for obtaining a drivers license the individual my apply for their drivers license. If the blood alcohol level was 0.08 or more the revocation is for 12 months. A second or subsequent DUI the revocation is for 12 months. Must have completed the Drug and Alcohol Risk Reduction School, and pay a reinstatement fee of $210 if reinstatement is applied for in person or $200.00 by mail.
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