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Complete information about DWI arrests, impound, bail, courts, and procedures specific to Lee County, Texas.
15-day license deadline
Last verified: October 10, 2026
Key steps and deadlines for your DWI case in Lee County
Lee County's own sheriff was arrested for DWI by DPS troopers and subjected to a forced blood draw — a case that made statewide news and says plenty about how seriously state troopers enforce implied consent out here, regardless of who's behind the wheel. The Sheriff's Office runs on roughly 15 people, and budget strain often leaves just two deputies covering all 629 square miles of the county at once. That gap is why Texas DPS troopers, not county deputies, handle the bulk of DWI stops and arrests in Lee County.
Giddings is the county seat and home to every government office that matters after an arrest here.
Bail runs $500 for a first DWI and $2,500 for a second under the standard local schedule. The Lee County Jail, at 2122 FM 448, has an unusual mail restriction worth knowing about: legal documents can't be sent through the facility's general scanning system, which routes through a processing center in Longview — doing so risks exposing privileged attorney-client material to people who have no business reading it. Anyone mailing legal paperwork to a client in custody should hand-deliver it or confirm the correct channel with the jail directly.
At the courthouse, standing orders ban all civilian cell phones outright — no exceptions, no silencing them and leaving them in a pocket. Defendants should plan to track their case using paper records only.
Lee County's non-consent tow fee is capped at $272 statewide, and vehicle owners have just 14 days to challenge that fee before the local Justice of the Peace Court — a tight window that catches a lot of people off guard. B&M Towing & Recovery LLC, at 591 W. Bellville St in Giddings, handles recovery around the county on a 24/7 basis.
A test failure or refusal starts a 15-day countdown to request an ALR hearing. Lee County doesn't have its own DPS driver-services hub capable of running these administrative hearings — defendants and their attorneys typically deal with the DPS regional headquarters in Austin instead.
No ignition interlock installer or SCRAM monitoring provider operates inside Giddings city limits. Anyone ordered onto either device has to commute to Bastrop, La Grange, or the Austin metro area for installation and the recurring calibration visits that follow. For SR-22 filings after a suspension, a local independent insurance agent in Giddings can help, and several statewide high-risk brokers offer same-day electronic filing, including a "non-owner" SR-22 option for drivers without a vehicle.
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