Bibb County License Hearing Guide
How to request your Administrative License Hearing and protect your driving privileges after a DUI arrest.
Last verified: September 5, 2026
30-Day Deadline
You have exactly 30 days from your arrest to request a hearing. Miss this deadline and your license is automatically suspended. No exceptions.
Enter your arrest date to see your deadline:
If You Request in Time
- • Temporary permit until hearing
- • Chance to keep your license
- • Gather evidence for defense
If You Miss the Deadline
- • Automatic 90-180 day suspension
- • No hearing, no appeal
- • Starts after waiting period
How to Request Your Hearing
Online Request
Fee: Typically $50-$125
Available: 24/7
Instant confirmation
Phone Request
Fee: Same as online
Hours: Business hours only
Expect hold times
Information You'll Need
From Your Notice:
- • Driver License Number
- • Date of Arrest
- • Arresting Agency
- • Arresting Officer Name
Personal Information:
- • Full Legal Name
- • Current Address
- • Date of Birth
- • Phone Number & Email
After You Request
Temporary Permit
ImmediateDrive legally until your hearing
Hearing Notice
20-40 daysDate, time, and format mailed to you
Prepare Defense
Before hearingGather evidence, hire attorney
Attend Hearing
Scheduled dateUsually phone or video
Decision
Same dayWin: keep license. Lose: suspension starts
Temporary Permit
Immediate
Drive until hearing
Hearing Notice
20-40 days
Date mailed to you
Prepare
Before hearing
Gather evidence
Attend Hearing
Scheduled
Phone or video
Decision
Same day
Win or suspension
What to Expect at the Hearing
Most hearings are by phone or video
You usually don't need to travel. When you receive your hearing notice, it will specify whether it's phone, video, or in-person.
Duration
30-60 minutes typically
Who's There
You, your attorney (optional), state attorney, hearing officer
What They Review
Probable cause for stop, proper arrest procedure, test validity
Evidence That Can Help
- Dashcam or bodycam footage showing procedural errors
- Breathalyzer calibration records (if not current)
- Witness statements about your sobriety
- Medical conditions affecting field sobriety tests
Should You Hire an Attorney?
With an Attorney
- Can subpoena arresting officer
- Knows how to challenge evidence
- Uses hearing to strengthen criminal defense
- Higher success rate at hearings
Without an Attorney
- State has experienced attorney present
- May not know proper objections
- Can't effectively cross-examine officers
- Lower win rate statistically
If You Lose Your Hearing
Losing the hearing isn't the end. You still have options to maintain limited driving privileges:
Ignition Interlock
Drive with device installed
Occupational License
Limited driving for work/essentials
Georgia DMV Office
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Guides
A Bibb County DUI runs two cases at once: the criminal case in State Court and a civil action against the license through the Department of Driver Services. The officer takes the physical license at arrest and issues a DDS-1205 form, good as a permit for 45 days. But the clock that matters is 30 days. Within 30 calendar days of the arrest, the driver has to act, or the license goes into a hard suspension on day 46.
Two ways to act. File an appeal for an ALS hearing, which costs $150 and is mailed to the DDS in Conyers. Filing it pauses the suspension, and the driver keeps driving on the 1205 permit until the hearing. That hearing is often used to negotiate: the officer agrees to drop the suspension in exchange for a guilty plea to the DUI in criminal court. Or fight it on technical grounds, like an improperly read implied consent warning. The other route, for a first offender with no DUI in the past five years, is to waive the hearing, install an ignition interlock within the 30 days, visit a DDS Customer Service Center, pay a $25 permit fee, and sign the waiver. That guarantees the ability to drive but locks in monthly monitoring costs.
The Macon DDS office is at 200 Cherry Street. It's closed Sundays and Mondays, open Tuesday through Friday until 6 p.m. and Saturday mornings. Reinstating the license after the suspension period costs $210, and requires a certificate showing the 20-hour Risk Reduction course, a fixed $360 statewide, is complete, plus a clinical evaluation with a provider from the state registry.
Interlock installation in Macon is handled by Smart Start, which operates inside a driving school on Vineville Avenue, and LifeSafer on Columbus Road. Installation runs $70 to $150, then $70 to $100 a month for the lease and calibration.
Last updated: September 5, 2026
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