Coryell County ALR Hearing Guide
How to request your Administrative License Revocation (ALR) Hearing and protect your driving privileges after a DWI arrest.
Last verified: September 12, 2026
15-Day Deadline
You have exactly 15 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
A blood test changes the clock on a Coryell County license suspension in a way most defendants don't expect. If the arresting officer secured a blood warrant instead of a breath test, the 15-day deadline to request an ALR hearing doesn't start at arrest. It starts when DPS physically mails the Notice of Suspension, sometimes weeks or months after the toxicology results come back. Anyone whose mailing address changed after release and isn't updated with DPS can miss a deadline they never even saw start.
The 15-day window, and how to actually hit it
When an officer takes a Texas license after a refused or failed test, the DIC-25 they issue functions as a temporary permit while the clock runs. The 15-day deadline is calendar days, not business days, and DPS has to receive the request within that window, not just receive a postmark. Filing through the online DPS portal or faxing to 512-424-2650 with a saved confirmation is far safer than mailing a paper request and hoping it arrives in time. Miss the deadline entirely and the suspension starts automatically on the 40th day after arrest.
Why the hearing itself takes months
Winning the right to a hearing doesn't mean getting one soon. SOAH's scheduling backlog routinely runs 90 to 120 days before a hearing is calendared, which extends the defendant's driving privileges under the temporary permit for that entire stretch. DPS carries the burden of proof at that hearing, and if the arresting officer is subpoenaed but doesn't show, which happens often given department staffing and shift schedules, the defense wins by default and the suspension never takes effect.
If the license does get suspended
An Occupational Driver's License requires an SR-22 certificate of financial responsibility, filed electronically by a high-risk insurer directly to DPS rather than picked up at a local office. There's no brick-and-mortar SR-22 counter required anywhere in Coryell County; the filing happens between the insurer and the state.
Last updated: September 12, 2026
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