Tool · From Each State's Statutes, Checked October 2026
DUI Penalty Estimator
What Are the Penalties for a DUI in Your State?
DUI penalties are set by each state and rise with each offense: jail, fines, license suspension and often an ignition interlock. Pick your state and offense to see the penalties its law sets, and the conditions that make them higher.
How DUI Penalties Work
The law sets ranges, and courts decide where a case falls. Penalties usually count prior offenses only within the state's lookback period; check it with the lookback and felony checker. License consequences often start sooner through the separate administrative case: see the hearing deadline calculator.
Read about a first DUI, felony DUI and when a DUI is a felony.
This tool restates each state's rules from official sources, checked October 2026. It isn't legal advice and can't account for every detail of your case; confirm with the official source linked in the result or a lawyer licensed in your state.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Does the Estimator Show a Range?
Most states set a minimum and a maximum for jail and fines. Where in that range a sentence falls depends on the judge, the facts and any plea, which no tool can predict.
What Makes DUI Penalties Higher?
Common factors are a high blood alcohol level, a child in the car, causing injury, or prior offenses within the state's lookback period. The estimator lists the conditions your state's law names.
Are There Costs Beyond Fines?
Usually. Courts and states often add fees, alcohol education or treatment, license reinstatement fees, ignition interlock costs and higher insurance. Each state page lists the penalties its law sets.