DUI & EXTREME DUI INFORMATION

For more information on DUI and the legal consequences, see our CRIMINAL CASES page.

If you are stopped by a police officer for possible DUI:

• DO hand the police officer your license and registration.
• DO ask to speak to an attorney immediately. Do this even if you believe you are sober.
• DO NOT answer any questions, under any circumstances. Just keep asking for an attorney.
• DO NOT perform any field tests or the eye test.
• DO ask to be released as soon as possible to obtain an independent blood test at a hospital.
• DO be polite.

WARNING: Many people believe that they are helping themselves by answering a police officer's questions at the scene of a DUI arrest. Often, they are only hurting their case. You must remember that everything you say will be written down by the police and used against you in court. You have an absolute right in Arizona to remain silent--use that right!

REMEMBER : THERE ARE MANY DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE CHARGED WITH DUI. SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL BE CONVICTED. DON'T TRY TO FIGHT YOUR DUI CASE ALONE.