The law does not distinguish between people who are Pennsylvania residents and people who are residents of other States. This means that you will face the same penalties as a Pennsylvania resident would. A conviction for a DUI can carry…
If you refuse to take to a blood test or a breath test, PennDOT can punish you through civil law by suspending your driver’s license for a minimum of 12 months. If you have a prior refusal, or a prior…
In most circumstances you cannot fight the license suspension that results from a DUI conviction. However, there are rare circumstances in which you can challenge a license suspension. Those circumstances include when the Court sent the wrong paperwork to PennDOT…
If you received an ARD disposition for a DUI, then yes you can own or possess a firearm. Sometimes a condition of ARD is that you do not possess a firearm. In that case, you would not be able to…
The answer to that question depends on the grading of the DUI for which you were convicted. If you are convicted of a DUI that is graded as an ungraded misdemeanor (M) or a misdemeanor of the second degree (M2),…
The Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Occupational Affairs oversees licensing certain professions, including Nursing, Medicine, Cosmetology, Real Estate, and others. They are also in charge of determining if action to suspend or revoke a professional license is necessary. Currently,…
House arrest or in-home detention and sentencing options which allow you to serve part of a jail sentence in your house rather than in a jail. The law has recently changed and “house arrest” is now part of a sentencing…
There is not a specific crime for refusing a chemical test in Pennsylvania. However, if you refuse a chemical test it may affect the level of DUI charge you later receive. If you refuse a blood test, and the police…
No. Pennsylvania law specifically says a person cannot be forced to take a chemical test. However, you can still be charged with a DUI even if you refused the blood test. The charges can be filed as either Tier I,…
No. Pennsylvania law specifically says a person cannot be forced to take a chemical test. However, if you refuse a breath test and are then charged for DUI those charges will be Tier III charges. This tier has the highest…
