The typical sentence for first time DUI in California is 3 to 5 years of probation and a $390.00 to $1,000.00 fine along with penalty assessments, DUI school, a 6 month driver license suspension and the installation of an ignition interlock device in your vehicle.
A DUI is sometimes a felony in California although a DUI may also be charged as a misdemeanor in California.
A first or second or third DUI is usually charged as a misdemeanor unless the person charged with DUI has 4 DUI charges in 10 years, has a prior felony or was involved in a DUI that caused injury or had a DUI with a minor in the vehicle.
The driving under the influence of intoxicants is ordinarily a California misdemeanor under Vehicle Code 23152 VC.
Further, the DUI crime generally remains a misdemeanor not only for a first offense but for second and third offenses if the circumstances of the crime involve no other aggravating factors.
Once you are convicted of DUI in California, a record of that conviction will remain on your state driving record for ten years.
This clock starts on the date of the arrest, not your conviction.
A first offense DUI in California is a misdemeanor typically punished by 3 to 5 years of probation, $390.00 to $1000.00 in fines plus penalty assessments, DUI school, a 6-month driver's license suspension, and installation of an ignition interlock device.
Depending on what happened during your arrest, you have a good chance of avoiding jail for a first-time DUI.
If it's a second-time DUI, it's a mandatory 96 hours in jail up to a year, as long as it is filed as a misdemeanor and not a felony.
For a first-offense DUI in California, consequences for conviction generally include three years of informal probation, fines of $390.00 plus “penalty assessments” (totally approximately $2,000.00 and completing a first offender alcohol program that consists of a 30-hour class, at a cost of about $500.00