New Hampshire DUI Laws

In the state of New Hampshire you will be charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) if your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) is 0.08%, the minimum BAC known to impair everyone.

First New Hampshire DUI Offense

• Minimum 10 days imprisonment if aggravated DWI
• Minimum $500 fine
• Minimum $750 fine if aggravated DWI
• 9-month to 2-year license suspension
• 18-month to 2-year license suspension if aggravated DWI
• Completion of impaired driver program
• Possible alcohol/drug treatment and counseling
• SR-22 insurance required for 3 years

Second New Hampshire DUI Offense

• If within 2 years of previous offense:
  • Minimum 30 days
  • 7 days at multiple DWI offender detention center
• If more than 2 years but less than 10 years of previous offense:
  • Minimum 3 days
  • 7 days at multiple DWI offender detention center
• Minimum $750 fine
• Minimum 3-year license suspension
• Possible ignition interlock
• Possible alcohol/drug treatment and counseling
• SR-22 insurance required for 5 years

Third New Hampshire DUI Offense

• Minimum 180 days imprisonment
• Minimum $750 fine
• Indefinite license suspension though offender may petition for reinstatement after 7 years
• Possible ignition interlock
• Minimum 28-day residential treatment program
• Possible alcohol/drug treatment and counseling
• SR-22 insurance required

New Hampshire’s implied consent law means that if you are pulled over for suspected DUI and you refuse to submit to a test, your license will be suspended for 180 days. Any subsequent refusal within seven years of the first will result in a 2-year suspension.