Category: Blood Testing

Identification Card

The DUI Offender’s Florida Identification Card After a DUI arrest, the arresting officer will seize your driver’s license if: your BAC is over the legal limit of .08 (DUBAL); or you refused a breath, blood, or urine test. When the arresting officer keeps your driver’s license, you might leave the jail with a “DUI Uniform […]

Written by Leslie Sammis on May 10, 2026

Refusal

DUI Refusal in Polk County If you were arrested for DUI in Polk County, FL, the arresting officer probably asked you to submit to a breath test by blowing in a machine called the Intoxilyzer 8000. If you refuse to submit to that breath test, the arresting officer reads an implied consent warning. The warning […]

Written by Jason Miller on April 11, 2023

DHSMV’s New Procedures for Expedited Review of Hardship Driving Privileges

After a DUI arrest, if you demand a formal review hearing and the administrative suspension is not invalidated, you will qualify for a hardship license until after the hard suspension. The hard suspension period is: 30-day for a first DUI with a BAC over .08; a 90-day hard suspension for a DUI with a first […]

Written by Leslie Sammis on February 18, 2022

Penalty Chart

2026 DUI Penalty Chart in Pinellas County After a DUI arrest in Pinellas County, FL, contact an attorney at Sammis Law Firm. Our offices at 14010 Roosevelt Blvd #701, Clearwater, FL 33762, are located near the courthouse and DHSMV. We provide free and confidential consultations to discuss your case with an experienced attorney. For a […]

Written by Jason Miller on February 6, 2022

Private Property

DUI on Private Property Can a person be arrested for DUI if the person drove (or was in actual physical control) while on private property only? A related question is whether the DHSMV can administratively suspend a driver’s license after a DUI offense that occurred on private property? The short answer to both questions is […]

Written by Jason Miller on February 3, 2022

How to Object to a Subpoena for Your Medical Records and Blood Test

Did you receive a letter concerning a subpoena for your medical records from Andrew H. Warren, State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit? If you were involved in a crash and DUI investigation, even if you were NOT arrested, the investigation might trigger such a letter regarding how to object to the issuance of the […]

Written by Leslie Sammis on September 30, 2021