Bryan County License Hearing Guide
How to request your Administrative License Hearing and protect your driving privileges after a DUI arrest.
Last verified: September 6, 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
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Guides
If you hold a commercial license, do not choose the ignition interlock. To get an interlock limited permit in Georgia, a CDL holder has to downgrade to a standard Class C license first, which means losing the CDL and the job that depends on it. For a commercial driver, requesting the ALS hearing is the only route that keeps the commercial license alive.
A DUI arrest starts a civil case against your license, run by the Department of Driver Services, separate from the criminal case in State Court. Bryan County has no DDS office, so anything in person means driving to the Hinesville center in Liberty County at 2301 Airport Road, open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or into Savannah.
The 30-day deadline, not 45
If you refused the state's test or blew 0.08 or higher, the officer took your license and gave you a yellow DDS 1205 form. That form is a driving permit good for 45 days, and people read that as their deadline. It isn't. You have 30 calendar days from the arrest to act. Miss it and the suspension is automatic for 12 months, with no limited permit at all if the case was a refusal.
Within those 30 days you choose one path:
Request an ALS hearing by mailing DDS Form 1206 and a $150 fee, by money order or certified check, to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, RM-Hearing Requests, P.O. Box 80447, Conyers, GA 30013. Send it certified with return receipt. This freezes the suspension until an administrative law judge hears the case. If the officer doesn't appear, or the stop or the implied-consent reading was defective, the suspension is rescinded.
Or waive the hearing and take the interlock limited permit for a $25 fee plus installation and monitoring costs. This keeps you driving, but any interlock violation triggers a hard six-month revocation.
DUI school, interlock, and treatment
A conviction requires the 20-hour Risk Reduction course, fixed at roughly $360 statewide. A Richmond Hill provider runs it, and a state-certified online version now counts too. A clinical substance-abuse evaluation comes first; if it finds a dependency, treatment can run 17 to 52 weeks. The class directory on this site lists providers.
There are no interlock installers in Bryan County, so the install and the monthly calibration mean a trip to Savannah. Installation runs $100 to $200, then $70 to $100 a month. Georgia's approved brands include Smart Start, LifeSafer, and Intoxalock. An interlock is mandatory if you take the permit route or pick up a second DUI within five years.
Continuous alcohol monitoring, the ankle bracelet, gets ordered for repeat offenders and specific bond conditions. A court-approved monitoring provider handles it; the directory on this site lists options.
A conviction also requires an SR-22 certificate, filed with the state by your insurer, with no local step.
Last updated: September 6, 2026
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