 Hi, I'm David Cantor with the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor and today I'm going to talk about a first defense regular DUI penalties. Now what is a regular DUI? Regular DUI is any DUI with a .149 blood alcohol or less or DUI drugs which is your first conviction or your first conviction in the last seven years meaning you may have priors but they're over seven years old. Now if you are convicted of a first defense regular DUI the mandatory minimum penalties and fines are as follows. Ten days in jail in which nine days can be suspended meaning you don't have to do nine of the days. If you do a substance abuse screening which costs $130 and any counseling that they recommended. Now normally the counseling is going to run $135 for 16 hours or $585 for 36 hours. So fines plus surcharges minimum will be $1,537. The one year of ignition interlock device that's that breath testing device you have to blow into on your steering wheel to start your car. That's going to run $1,000 to $1,200 a year and it can actually be more than 12 months the minimum is 12 months. The SR-22 that's an insurance document in which the insurance company reports to DMV if you ever have a lapse in your insurance. That will cost $1,500 for three years of SR-22. Now everything will cost $4,002 and I also forgot $130 for that one day of jail. $4,002 without insurance. Now here's the kicker. Your insurance will go up $3,000 a year higher than it is now for the next three years. So technically a first defense DUI if you maintain a car and still drive can run you upwards of $13,000 for a first defense DUI. If you've been charged or you have a pending DUI and you need help contact us. We have a 24 hour answering service and a 24 hour pager also you can go to our website dmcanner.com fill out a form we will call you back set you an appointment in our office where you can meet with us in private and it doesn't cost you anything it's a free initial consultation we're very good at DUI defense if you go to our website look at our victory section you'll see over a thousand wins where we've gotten cases dismissed 100% or one at jury trial 100% but if this applies to you contact us soon.