Since the start of Covid in 2020, the King County and Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorneys have not immediately filed non felony DUI charges in their local District Courts immediately after DUI arrests. Instead, they often wait 1 to 2 years from the arrest date to file DUI charges, especially when police blood alcohol draws were taken during the arrest.

When a DUI driver is arrested by WA state troopers or Snohomish or King County sheriff deputies, and booked into the county jails in King and Snohomish Counties, the bail hearing judge will set a bail $ amount and impose conditions of release, which automatically expire within 72 hours unless the the King or Snohomish county prosecutors file a non felony DUI charge within that time period. Since the King and Snohomish County prosecutors rarely do that since covid for non felony DUIs, the DUI charge is technically automatically "dismissed" after 72 hours.

Lynnwood, WA DUI Lawyers

But It's really not a true dismissal. The King and Snohomish County prosecutors can still file a non felony DUI charge within the two(2) year DUI statute of limitations period. And they almost always do.

Please contact Lynnwood DUI lawyer Paul Hanson for more information.