SPECIAL AUTO ACCIDENT INFORMATION If you are in a car/auto accident involving injuries or property damage, there are certain important actions you should take. These actions will help you avoid future hassles with insurance claims adjusters. And help you obtain full and fair $ compensation for your bodily injuries and car damages / repairs. …
Recently Lynnwood DUI attorney Paul Hanson won an unusual DUI license revocation “refusal” telephone hearing case with the Department of Licensing (DOL). His DUI client, after being arrested, blew separate 3 times into the police Draeger breath test instrument at the Mill Creek Police Station. Each time, the DUI client blew exactly as instructed by…
Arrested DUI drivers taken in to police stations for the Police Draeger breath test will sometimes be accused of “refusing” the offered breath test. Even after they have blown into the Draeger instrument several times. And even after they tried their best to blow as instructed. Such drivers are then penalized with a much longer…
Washington State law sets time limits for the filing of criminal charges. Such time limits are called Statute of Limitations. No criminal charge can be filed after the statute of limitations has expired for that particular crime. For gross misdemeanor crimes, like DUI, Reckless Driving, Assault 4°, Theft 3°, Driving While License Revoked (DWLR) 2°,…
On June 2, 2021, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ordered the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) to stop suspending licenses of drivers who can’t afford to pay fines on non-criminal traffic violations. The judge ruled that the DOL must cancel all driver license suspensions for failing to pay non criminal traffic tickets because…
Many people, even lawyers, are confused about the difference between vacating a criminal conviction and expunging non-conviction criminal history. Expungement is the legal process used to persuade local Washington police agencies and the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Records Section in Olympia, WA to destroy all non-conviction criminal history records of a police arrest. Such…
In Washington DUI arrests involving alcohol, there are always two (2) separate cases. A court DUI criminal case. And a Department of Licensing (DOL) administrative license suspension civil case. The DOL case occurs when the DUI driver either refuses the police breath alcohol test or blows over the 0.08% legal limit for alcohol. This DOL…
This weekend, Snohomish County law enforcement agencies throughout the county will conduct DUI emphasis patrols. These will be from 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM on both Friday and Saturday nights. Police officers from the Washington State Patrol, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, and Police Departments from Edmonds, Marysville, & Mountlake Terrace will be doing high visibility…
Every driver should know their constitutional rights when being pulled over, questioned, and / or arrested by police for DUI in Washington State. First, stay calm. Don’t run, resist, or obstruct the officers. This can lead to additional charges. Do not give false documents or information. Keep your hands where the police can see them…
Police throughout Washington started extra DUI emphasis patrols to stop suspected drunk drivers on the roadways. The Washington State Patrol warns all drivers to drive sober throughout the holiday season or face DUI arrest.