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A DUI starts at a stop and moves fast: field tests, a breath or blood test, your license. Here's what the rules look like in Georgia.
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General information, not advice for your case. The details of your stop matter most.
0.08 for most adult drivers, 0.04 for commercial drivers, 0.02 for drivers under 21. You can also be charged as “less safe” with a lower reading.
O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391Walking the line, following a pen, standing on one leg: field sobriety tests are generally voluntary in Georgia.
Georgia's implied consent law covers the State's chemical test after arrest. Refusing has consequences for your license, so this is a decision to understand, not guess at.
O.C.G.A. § 40-5-67.1Georgia's Supreme Court has held that the State can't force you to blow into a breath machine, and that a refusal of a breath test can't be used against you at trial.
Olevik v. State (2017); Elliott v. State (2019)After an arrest you have 30 days to ask for a hearing on the administrative license suspension (or choose the ignition-interlock route). Miss it and the choice is made for you.




Hands on the wheel, license ready, no speeches.
“Had anything to drink?” is evidence-gathering. Step 2 applies.
Mark the arrest date. The 30-day clock started.
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