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In Washington state, treatment requirements for a DUI can include mandatory alcohol or drug assessments, as well as completion of a treatment program. The extent of these requirements often varies based on the severity of your offense and any prior history. Accessing tools that allow you to add required fields to legal Washington DUI forms can help you track these necessary steps.

About 9,200 cases (48%) involved a reduction to a lesser charge, a far more common result. Two examples of lesser charges in Washington State DUI cases are ?reckless driving? and ?negligent driving 1st Degree.? These carry less severe penalties than a DUI conviction.

A DUI can be dismissed either by decision of the prosecutor, order of the court after motion hearings or by an acquittal after a jury or non-jury trial. The specifics of how this would occur or the likelihood of a dismissal can only be discussed after a full consultation and consideration of the fact in your case.

Fortunately, with the right criminal defense attorney, you may be able to get your DUI charge reduced to a less serious offense, especially if no one was hurt and no property damage was involved.

NOTE: The statute of limitations (maximum time allowed between arrest date and filing of charges) for DUI in Washington is two years.

A first time DUI in WA State is normally charged as a gross misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of 364 days in jail and a $5000 fine. In all cases where a conviction is entered, there are mandatory minimum sentences, which a judge is required to impose and cannot reduce.

Finally, if you are acquitted of a DUI after a trial, or the charges against you are dropped, then you certainly have achieved the best-case scenario.

There is a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days in jail or 120 days of electronic home monitoring. If you blew a 0.15 BAC or above, or you refused the breath test, the mandatory minimum jumps to 120 days in jail or 150 days of electronic home monitoring.

If your BAC was more than 0.15% or you refused a BAC test, you will have a mandatory penalty of 48 consecutive hours in custody or 30 days of electronic home confinement. Before the new law took effect, judges would require a medical exception before issuing a home confinement penalty instead of the jail requirement.