How Much Does a DUI really cost?
Base Costs for a DUI*
$595.00 Fine (mandatory minimum of $940.50 on WA DUI Grid includes $343.50 below)
$ 43.00 Conviction Fee/Court Improvement Fee
$200.00 Emergency Response Cost (or actual costs up to $2,500)
$200.00 BAC fee
$102.50 Traffic Penalty Assessment
$ 75.00 Victim’s Impact Panel
$ 60.00 Evaluation for Chemical Dependency (ranges up to $200 depending on agency)
$ 75.00 Alcohol Drug Information School (min. treatment needed to get license reinstated)
$150.00 Driver’s License reissue fee
$118.47 Ignition Interlock Installation (some newer models & hybrids cost an addt’l $50)
$1,048.56 Ignition Interlock (one-year mandatory minimum for first time DUI conviction)
$300.00 SR22 Insurance (estimate of increased premium, varies by driving record)
Potential Extra Costs:
$ 314 City of Vancouver Filing Fee
$ 100 City of Vancouver Emergency Response Cost is $100 more than the County
$ 225 Electronic Home Confinement (if permitted in lieu of one-day jail)
$1,000 Passenger under 16
$1,300 Out-Patient Treatment (26 weeks of weekly classes $50/per class)
$ 105 Random UA’s (average of three per customer at $35/per UA).
$2,400 Probation Fee of $100/mo. which ends when all conditions are met.
$ 375 DOL Hearing Request
Legal Services:
$1,500-2,500 Hiring at Attorney (prices vary) / Court-Appointed Attorney fee is $150
Base Costs: $2,967.53
Legal Costs: $2,000.00
Extra Costs**: $3,369.00
Total Costs: $8,336.03***
*First Offense with a BAC Reading of greater than .08 but less than .15 (Refusals and > .15 cost more)
**Many Vancouver WA DUI Convictions
***$8,336.03 buys a lot of cab rides. So let a professional cab driver from Vancouver Cab get you safely home tonight. ~ W. Todd Pascoe
Compiled by W. Todd Pascoe and Gregory S Cheney 6/2014 (sources of information include: Anchor Point; Clark County Corrections; Clark County District Court; Guardian Interlock Systems; Revised Code of Washington)
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