A 3-minute lesson from the Utah course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A DUI follows you long after the suspension ends. Utah adds years of alcohol-restricted status, often requires an ignition interlock device (IID), and can impound, or even take, the vehicle.
Know the rule
After action on your license for an alcohol-related offense, you're placed on alcohol-restricted status for 2, 3, 5, or 10 years, depending on the number and type of offenses. Automobile homicide or felony DUI brings lifetime status.
An IID-restricted driver's privilege is suspended until an IID is installed and the reinstatement fee paid. Removing the IID before the period ends re-suspends the privilege.
After a DUI arrest the officer may impound the vehicle or motorboat. The DMV notifies the owner, who pays towing, storage, and administrative fees for release. An unclaimed vehicle is sold, and the court may order the arrested person to pay.
A repeat offender convicted of DUI, drugs in the body, or automobile homicide, with a prior felony-level offense after May 1, 2009, may have the vehicle forfeited and sold.
A 20-year-old convicted of a first DUI must drive only vehicles with an IID for 3 years, not 18 months, because he was under 21 when arrested. If he misses a 60-day monitoring check, the requirement grows by 60 days.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
After a first DUI conviction, how long must an ignition interlock device (IID) generally be installed?
12 months
18 months
2 years
3 years
Answer: 18 months
A first DUI conviction results in an automatic 18-month ignition interlock restriction.