Clear Creek County License Hearing Guide

Seven calendar days. That's the entire window a Clear Creek County driver gets to request a DMV hearing after a DUI arrest, and it's not seven business days — weekends count. For a breath test or a refusal, the clock starts on the arrest date itself. For a blood test, it doesn't start from the date printed on the letter — it starts three days after the DMV mails the Notice of Revocation, the point state law treats it as received, since blood results take longer to come back and the real deadline lands around 10 days after the mailing date. Miss the deadline and the license is automatically revoked on the eighth day, with no appeal available afterward. This is the single most time-sensitive task in the entire process, and it has nothing to do with the criminal case moving through court on its own separate timeline.

Requesting the hearing is straightforward if done in time. The fastest route is online at mydmv.colorado.gov. It's also possible to request in person at a full-service Driver License Office, though that requires an appointment, or by fax at 303-205-5928. None of these options exist inside Clear Creek County itself — the County Clerk & Recorder's office in Georgetown handles vehicle registration but has no authority over license reinstatement or hearings. The nearest full-service DMV offices sit in Golden/Lakewood at the Pierce Street location, which typically handles hearings, or in Frisco at the Summit County office, reachable via I-70 West.

If the license does get revoked, either from losing the hearing or through a mandatory conviction-based revocation, reinstatement usually runs through a mandatory no-drive period, often 30 days, followed by an ignition interlock requirement for refusals, a BAC of 0.15 or higher, or repeat offenses.

That's where Clear Creek's geography turns into an actual logistical trap. There's no interlock installation center anywhere in the county — residents have to drive to a neighboring county just to get the device installed, and then again every month for calibration. The nearest certified installers are in Evergreen, Golden, and Denver. The obvious catch: a driver whose license was just suspended can't legally drive the vehicle to any of these locations alone. That usually means arranging a tow or getting a licensed friend or family member to drive it over for the install.

Installation itself typically runs $100 to $150, with a monthly lease fee around $80 to $100 on top of that. The state reinstatement fee is a flat $95.

None of this changes based on which local agency made the arrest — Colorado State Patrol, the Sheriff's Office, Idaho Springs Police, or the Georgetown Marshal. The DMV administrative process runs entirely separate from the criminal case and moves on its own schedule regardless of what happens in court.