Taylor 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
Drivers headed to fight a Taylor County license suspension frequently show up at the wrong building entirely. The TxDMV Regional Service Center at 4210 N. Clack St. handles vehicle titles, bonded titles, and registration; it has no authority over driver licenses at all. Every license matter, an ALR hearing, a reinstatement, an occupational license, routes to the DPS office on Industrial Blvd instead.
The 15-day deadline, with a 20-day exception
A driver has 15 days from the date the DIC-25 Notice of Suspension is served to request a hearing. For a breath-test refusal or failure, that notice is served immediately at arrest, so the clock starts the same day. A blood draw works differently: the officer doesn't confiscate the license or issue the notice on the spot, since the BAC isn't known yet, and DPS instead mails the notice once the lab results come back, sometimes weeks or months later. When that's the case, the deadline shifts to 20 days from the date the notice was mailed, not from the arrest.
Fax it, and keep the receipt
Requests go to DPS through the online portal, by mail, or by fax to (512) 424-2650. DPS has been known to deny a request by claiming it arrived late. Anyone who faxes it should hold onto the machine-generated transmission receipt; it's the one piece of proof that stands up when DPS's own records get disputed.
An easier bar for DPS to clear
ALR hearings run through the State Office of Administrative Hearings, mostly by Zoom since 2020. The standard of proof there is "preponderance of the evidence," essentially 51 percent likely, a much lower bar than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard in criminal court. That gap is why licenses get suspended administratively even in cases where the criminal charge itself is far from a sure thing.
Getting an appointment is its own fight
The Abilene DPS office runs almost entirely by appointment, and the rare same-day slots go first-come, first-served starting at 8 a.m. Anyone hoping for one of those needs to be physically at the office before the doors open, then come back later in the day for the actual appointment time.
Last updated: September 12, 2026
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