All 50 states including the District of Columbia have laws regarding DUI DWI OUI OWI and it is a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above a legal level which is usually 0.08 percent.
Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have administrative license suspension laws.
Forty-three states permit some offenders to drive only if their vehicles have been equipped with ignition interlocks.
Laws prohibiting the driver, passengers or both from possessing an open container of alcohol in the passenger compartment of a vehicle - Forty-two states and Washington D.C.
| State | BAC Defined as illegal per se | Administrative license suspension 1st offense?1 | Restore driving privileges during suspension?1,2 | Do penalties include interlock/forfeiture?3 | Open container laws | | Alabama | 0.08 | 90 days | no | no/no | driver/passenger | | Alaska | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver | | Arizona | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Arkansas | 0.08 | 120 days | yes | yes/yes | -- | | California | 0.08 | 4 months | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Colorado | 0.10 | 3 months | yes | yes/no | -- | | Connecticut | 0.08 | 90 days | yes | no/no | -- | | Delaware | 0.10 | 3 months | no | yes/no | -- | | District of Columbia | 0.08 | 2-90 days | yes | no/no | driver/passenger | | Florida | 0.08 | 6 months | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger |
| State | BAC Defined as illegal per se | Administrative license suspension 1st offense?1 | Restore driving privileges during suspension?1,2 | Do penalties include interlock/forfeiture?3 | Open container laws | | Georgia | 0.08 | 1 year | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Hawaii | 0.08 | 3 months | after 30 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Idaho | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Illinois | 0.08 | 3 months | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Indiana | 0.08 | 180 days | after 30 days | yes/no | driver4 | | Iowa | 0.08 | 180 days | after 90 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Kansas | 0.08 | 30 days | no | yes/no | driver | | Kentucky | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Louisiana | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver | | Maine | 0.08 | 90 days | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger |
| State | BAC Defined as illegal per se | Administrative license suspension 1st offense?1 | Restore driving privileges during suspension?1,2 | Do penalties include interlock/forfeiture?3 | Open container laws | | Maryland | 0.08 | 45 days | yes | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Massachusetts | 0.08 | 90 days | no | no/no | driver/passenger | | Michigan | 0.085 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Minnesota | 0.10 | 90 days | after 15 days | no/yes | driver/passenger | | Mississippi | 0.08 | 90 days | no | yes/yes | -- | | Missouri | 0.08 | 30 days | no | yes/yes | -- | | Montana | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Nebraska | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Nevada | 0.08 | 90 days | after 45 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | New Hampshire | 0.08 | 6 months | no | yes/no | driver/passenger |
| State | BAC Defined as illegal per se | Administrative license suspension 1st offense?1 | Restore driving privileges during suspension?1,2 | Do penalties include interlock/forfeiture?3 | Open container laws | | New Jersey | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/no | driver/passenger | | New Mexico | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/no | driver/passenger | | New York | 0.08 | variable6 | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | North Carolina | 0.08 | 30 days | after 10 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | North Dakota | 0.08 | 91 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Ohio | 0.08 | 90 days | after 15 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Oklahoma | 0.08 | 180 days | yes | yes/yes | driver | | Oregon | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Pennsylvania | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Rhode Island | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver |
| State | BAC Defined as illegal per se | Administrative license suspension 1st offense?1 | Restore driving privileges during suspension?1,2 | Do penalties include interlock/forfeiture?3 | Open container laws | | South Carolina | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | South Dakota | 0.08 | -- | -- | no/no | driver/passenger | | Tennessee | 0.08 | -- | -- | yes/yes | driver7 | | Texas | 0.08 | 90 days | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Utah | 0.08 | 90 days | no | yes/no | driver/passenger | | Vermont | 0.08 | 90 days | no | no/yes | driver/passenger | | Virginia | 0.08 | 7 days | no | yes/no |
| | Washington | 0.08 | 90 days | after 30 days | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | West Virginia | 0.08
(eff. 05/05/04) | 6 months | after 30 days | yes/no | -- | | Wisconsin | 0.08 | 6 months | yes | yes/yes | driver/passenger | | Wyoming | 0.08 | 90 days | yes | no/no | driver |
- 1Information pertains to drivers in violation of the BAC defined as illegal per se for all drivers, not the special BAC for young drivers.2Drivers usually must demonstrate special hardship to justify restoring privileges during suspension, and then privileges often are restricted.3A multiple offender's vehicle may be seized and disposed.4In Indiana, the open container restriction only applies if the driver has a BAC of 0.04.5The 0.08 per se BAC law in Michgan contains a sunset clause which states that the legal BAC will revert to 0.10 on October 1, 2013.6In New York, administrative license suspension lasts until prosecution is complete.7In Tennessee, the open container law does not prohibit any municipality, by ordinance, or any county, by resolution, from prohibiting passengers from possessing an open container
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Last modified: 26-Mar-2004 The above chart is provided by OHS, Inc. to you through the courtesy of The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute | http://www.highwaysafety.org
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All 50 states including the District of Columbia have laws regarding DUI DWI OUI OWI and it is a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above a legal level which is usually 0.08 percent.
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