3rd Offense Drunk Driving Penalties in Wisconsin
Penalties for Your 3rd OWI in Wisconsin
If you are charged with a 3rd DUI in Wisconsin you face the following penalties:
- $600-$2000 in fines
- $435 ‘driver improvement’ surcharge
- 2-3 years driver’s license revocation
- 1-3 years required ignition interlock device in vehicle
- 45 days to 1 year in jail
- Absolute sobriety required for occupational license
- Legal BAC limit set at .02 for the rest of your life
- Travel ban to Canada and problems traveling abroad in European Union
If your BAC is over .17 at the time of your 3rd DUI arrest in Wisconsin, you face increasingly harsher penalties outlined by the Excessive BAC Escalator:
- BAC .17 to .199 - Penalties Double
- BAC .20 to .2499 - Penalties Triple
- BAC .25 or higher - Penalties Quadruple
If you had a minor under the age of 16 in your vehicle at the time of your 3rd Wisconsin DUI arrest, you are now facing a felony charge with much more severe penalties:
- $1200-$4000 in fines
- 90 days to 2 years in jail
- 4-6 years license revocation
- 4-6 years with a required ignition interlock device in your vehicle
- Absolute sobriety required for occupational license
You Are Only Guilty If You Are Convicted®
A Fee-to-Plea™ Lawyer Will Say, “There’s Not Much You Can Do.” Be Wary!
Tactics an experienced DUI lawyer can use to get your charges reduced or dropped:
Your traffic stop was illegal – If you were stopped without due cause, you have grounds to fight your OWI charge. A good lawyer can call into question the arresting officer’s motivations. If there was no legitimate reason for pulling you over in the first place, the officer made an illegal stop.
Time of Test for BAC – Your BAC actually goes up after you stop drinking as the alcohol makes its way into your bloodstream. Grieve Law has successfully leveraged this technique to calculate that our client was not in fact over a threshold while driving. The client would’ve been home in time if not for being pulled over!
Improper Field Sobriety Test – The state of Wisconsin has strict standards for field sobriety tests. If the equipment wasn’t properly calibrated or the procedures were not completely followed and accurately evaluated, you have a case for fighting your DUI charges.
Your case is unique, but a Fee-to-Plea™ lawyer won’t tell you that. An experienced OWI lawyer will examine your 3rd DUI charges and determine the best defense for your case.
3rd Offense OWI: 4 Scary Facts & 4 Ways to Fight
Your 3rd Wisconsin OWI is a Serious Charge with Serious Penalties
When you’re facing a 3rd DUI conviction you need an experienced drunk driving lawyer defending your case. The award-winning legal team at Grieve Law is dedicated to helping their Wisconsin clients get their DUI charges reduced or eliminated.
