If you are arrested and charged with drunk driving, DUI or DWAI in Colorado, you only have 7 days from the date of your arrest to request a hearing with a Colorado DMV. If you do not request a hearing within the 7 days, your license will be automatically suspended.

If you request a hearing, it must occur within 60 days. During that time your license must stay in good standing (no traffic tickets, nothing) until the end of your DUI trail. At your hearing you will defend yourself and explain why you should be allowed to keep your license until your trail is complete.

These DMV hearings provide you with the chance to question the police officer who arrested you, under oath. The hearings provide us with the chance to get their testimony soon after your arrest, and to freeze it so they can't change it. It also gives you the chance in the least expensive way to evaluate your case, giving you a good idea on your odds of success at your trial.

But don't confuse the DMV hearing with your court date. The DMV and criminal proceedings are separate and independent events, and the outcome of one doesn't affect the other.