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When an individual is charged with a Minnesota DWI, not only can they be punished criminally, but the Minnesota DMV also imposes significant civil penalties. It is important to understand the difference between criminal and civil penalties, as each is completely independent of the other. Even when an individual successfully defends a criminal Minnesota DWI charge, DPS may impose several civil penalties on the driver. The most common civil penalty imposed in Minnesota is revocation of a person’s driver’s license. In addition, Minnesota DWI laws provide that all license plates for all vehicles owned by the DWI offender impounded or destroyed. Repeat Minnesota DWI offenders can even expect to be faced with a vehicle forfeiture.
The state of Minnesota, has passed some stringent laws to encourage drivers to operate their vehicles in a safe and responsible manner. The Department of Public Safety, revokes 30,000 Minnesota drivers’ licenses each year. A first-time Minnesota DWI offender will expect a to lose their driver’s license for a period of 90 days. However, a first-time DWI offender who is over twice the legal limit will face a 1 year revocation. A second-time offender will face a minimum 1 year revocation and up to 2 years if they refuse testing or if the test result is over twice the legal limit. The driver’s license revocation period increase for each successive DWI violation and can result in cancelation of driving privileges. Certain factors will double the revocation period (i.e. driver under 21 years of age, test refusal, or having a passenger in the vehicle under 16 years of age).
Minnesota DWI laws require the license plates of certain DWI offenders be impounded or destroyed. When a person is charged with a Minnesota DWI offense, and they have a prior DWI or test over twice the legal limit, they are subject to plate impoundment. Plate impoundment is an administrative sanction that can be imposed immediately. Police will often remove the plates from the vehicle at the time of arrest.
2. The offender has one or more qualified prior impaired driving violations within the previous 10 years.
The impoundment period is for a minimum of one year or until the person subject to the impoundment order is validly re-licensed to drive, whichever is longer.
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