Campbell County License Hearing Guide
How to request your Administrative License Hearing and protect your driving privileges after a DUI arrest.
Last verified: September 4, 2026
20-Day Deadline
You have exactly 20 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
The license case is civil, run by the Department of Safety, and it moves on its own regardless of the criminal charge. Refusing the breath or blood test, or failing it, triggers an automatic revocation. You have exactly 10 business days from the arrest or the notice date to request a hearing in writing to the Department of Safety in Nashville. A phone call or an informal email does not count. Miss the deadline and you lose the right to contest, and the suspension runs up to a full year. Send the request by certified mail so you have proof of the date.
Campbell County has no state-approved ignition interlock installer inside its borders. The nearest shops are in Andersonville, Clinton, Oliver Springs, and Oak Ridge, all in Anderson County. Because the device needs a calibration and data download every 30 to 60 days, that is a repeated 40-minute-plus drive on a restricted license for as long as the interlock is required. If you are out of state and were arrested passing through on I-75, you can ask the Department of Safety at 866-903-7357 for a waiver of the Tennessee interlock requirement, completed with your home state's licensing authority; once approved, it drops the requirement as long as you stay a resident there. Indigent defendants may qualify for the state's Ignition Interlock Device Assistance program to offset the cost.
For a restricted license, the judge signs an order that has to list the geographic limits of where you can drive plus the exact violation date, conviction date, and case disposition. Leave any of those off and the Department of Safety rejects it and sends you back to court to fix it. You also need an SR-22 filed electronically by a high-risk insurer; national carriers handle these when local agents will not.
License work happens at the Campbell County Clerk's Jacksboro office at 590 Main St, Suite A-21, (423) 562-4985, open Monday through Friday until 4:30 p.m. with driver services stopping at 4:00, and Saturday mornings until 11:30 with driver services stopping at 11:00. There are also branches at the LaFollette Annex, 705 E Central Avenue, and in Jellico at 315 S Main Street. The self-service kiosks handle renewals and payments, but a DUI restricted license has to be processed in person by a clerk.
If the court orders continuous alcohol monitoring, that runs through the 8th Judicial District Recovery Court rather than a retail vendor.
Last updated: September 4, 2026
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