Navarro 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
Winning the ALR hearing outright is the hard part. The administrative law judges at the State Office of Administrative Hearings only need a preponderance of the evidence to uphold a license suspension, a far lower bar than the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard the criminal case has to clear. That's why experienced Texas DWI attorneys request the hearing anyway: it functions as a free, early deposition, forcing the arresting deputy or officer to testify under oath about the stop, the field sobriety tests, and the arrest timeline months before the criminal trial. Any inconsistency between that sworn testimony and what the officer says later gets used to pick apart the state's case.
The 15-day deadline
An officer who confiscates a physical license after a refused or failed test (0.08 BAC or higher) issues a DIC-25, a temporary 40-day driving permit that also starts the ALR clock. The request to contest the suspension has to reach DPS within 15 calendar days of that notice — calendar days, not business days, and if day 15 lands on a weekend or holiday, the request has to arrive by the preceding business day. Miss it and the suspension is automatic and uncontestable on day 40.
File it so you can prove you filed it
Requests go to DPS headquarters in Austin, and faxing to 512-424-2650 with a retained, timestamped confirmation is the standard recommendation over regular mail, which offers no proof of timely delivery. The DPS online portal is the other reliable option.
No walk-ins at the local DPS office
The Corsicana driver's license office doesn't take walk-ins for occupational license issuance or reinstatement fee payments — everything runs by appointment through the TxDPS Scheduler, and slots fill up weeks ahead. A small batch of same-day cancellation slots posts early each morning, but demand for those outstrips supply badly enough that it's not something to plan around. Anyone anticipating a suspension should book the reinstatement appointment as early as possible instead.
One office, two different jobs
The county Tax Assessor-Collector's office handles vehicle registration, property taxes, and titles — not license suspensions or reinstatements. That's DPS business exclusively, handled either through the Austin ALR process or an appointment at the Corsicana driver's license office.
Last updated: September 12, 2026
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