Florida takes DUIs seriously, with serious penalties for those convicted. Those with multiple DUIs are also typically met with increasingly aggressive prosecution.
Below we outline Florida’s consequences for multiple DUIs:
First DUI:
- Fines up to $1000-$5000 depending on the circumstances.
- Jail time up to 6 months to 5 years depending on the circumstances
- Probation of up to 1 year
- 50 hours of court-mandated community service
- Suspension of Drivers license up to 1-year
- Ignition Interlock Device (at the court’s discretion) minimum of 6-months
- Vehicle impound or immobilization for 10 days
Second DUI:
- Fines up to $2000-$5000 depending on the circumstances
- Jail time – Mandatory minimum of 10 days, and up to 9 months if 2nd DUI was within 5 years of the last. Up to 1-5 years depending on the situation.
- Suspension of Driver’s license for 1-years if previous DUI within 5 years
- Mandatory Ignition Interlock Device. Minimum of 1-year
- Vehicle impound or immobilization
Third DUI:
- Fines up to $5000
- Jail time – min. of 30 days if last conviction was within 10 yrs. Up to 5 years imprisonment
- License revocation
- Ignition Interlock Device mandatory minimum of 2-years
- Vehicle impound or immobilization for 10 days
Fourth DUI:
- Fines up to $5000
- Up to 5 years in prison
- 5 years probation
- Community service
- 21-hr substance abuse course
- Ignition Interlock Device mandatory
- Vehicle impound or immobilization
- Psychological evaluation and substance abuse program
