One of the most surprising effects of DUI to most people is the concept that before any determination of guilt or innocence is made, after a Chicago DUI arrest, the Illinois Secretary of State will suspend your Illinois driving privileges. This is called a Statutory Summary Suspension, and yes, it is legal.

Once you've been arrested and either refused testing or the officer has the results of a positive breath, blood or urine test in hand, you'll be served with a "Notice of Statutory Summary Suspension" form. If you refused any test, or took a breath test, this will typically be handed to you by the arresting police officer. If you took a different chemical test, the officer may have mailed you a notice.

In either case, once you have been legally served with the notice of Illinois summary suspension, the clock starts ticking. The Secretary of State will receive a notice, and 46 days after the date you were served, will enter a suspension of your Illinois driver's license.

How long? What can you do about it? The very first step is to call the Chicago DUI lawyers at Fagan, Fagan & Davis for a no-cost case evaluation, call us now.