FIRST TIME DUI PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS–As of 08/2022 Every year the Utah Legislature fiddles with DUI laws, often making them more strict with more jail time. On a first offense DUI, here are the newest mandatory 2022 minimums. TYPES OF FIRST TIME DUIs. In order to determine what first time DUI sanctions apply to you,… Read more »
What Can be Drug Paraphernalia in Utah? In Utah drug paraphernalia is what the jury says is drug paraphernalia. The technical, statutory wording of what constitutes drug paraphernalia in Utah reads: 58-37a-3. “Drug paraphernalia” defined. As used in this chapter, “drug paraphernalia” means any equipment, product, or material used, or intended for use, to… Read more »
When can I get my DUI expunged in Utah? ANSWER: You have to wait 10 years from successfully completing probation in your underlying DUI case to be eligible for a DUI expungement in Utah. How long does DUI stay on record in Utah? ANSWER: Forever unless you get an expungement. Until 2020, all convictions always… Read more »
Utah boating while drunk criminal charges? Other Common Utah Boating Charges. Utah’s boating drunk driving laws are found within the usual automobile DUI statute of Utah Code Ann. 41-6a-502 and 503. The key is that Utah defines a “VEHICLE” for purposes of its automobile DUI laws to encompass motorboats. All the usual field sobriety tests… Read more »
UTAH DUI STATUTORY OVERVIEW Here are Utah’s Basic Drunk Driving and Impaired Driving statutes so you can read them yourself with a brief narrative. All statutes can be found at https://le.utah.gov. 41-6a-502 (2021). The Classic Alcohol and/or Drugs DUI. Section 502 is used broadly to charge people who are impaired on drugs and alcohols. Prosecutor’s… Read more »
Tooele City/County Criminal Defense Lawyer Jake Gunter Free Call/TXT (801) 373-6345. As of 07/2021 Tooele City is the most populous city in Tooele county, Utah. Tooele county has grown steadily with a 76,799 population in the 2020 census. Recent rapid growth has been attributed to the nearby Deseret Peak recreational center, the Utah Motorsports… Read more »
As of 07/2021 Grantsville is the second most populous city in Tooele County, Utah. The population was 12,064 at the 2020 census. A nearly 4,000 population increases since 2010. The city has grown slowly and steadily throughout most of its existence. Recent rapid growth has been attributed to the nearby Deseret Peak recreational center, the… Read more »
Are Boating Drunk Driving Tickets Treated the Same as DUIs on I-15. Yes. The same Utah drunk driving laws apply to boating while intoxicated as it does to driving drunk in on I-15, or Orem Center Street. All driving under the influence convictions are enhanceable and count against you in the future. See these articles… Read more »
Utah criminal defense attorney Jake Gunter and the law firm of Howard Lewis & Petersen, PC, has been serving criminal defense clients in Price and Carbon Counties since 1950. Common Price Drug Charges and Carbon County (1). Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. See Utah Code Ann 58-37a-1. Illegal drug paraphernalia possession carries mandatory 120-day driver’s license… Read more »
What Utah Driving Offenses Require Installing an Interlock Device: “Interlock restricted driver” can mean the following: (A) Your Probation or Parole Agent Orders Installation. The defendant has been ordered by a court or the Board of Pardons and Parole as a condition of probation or parole not to operate a motor vehicle without an ignition… Read more »
