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Palm Bay DUI lawyer.

Palm Bay is Brevard County's most populous city, and a DUI arrest anywhere across its wide stretch of south Brevard becomes a Brevard County Court case with a separate license deadline attached. Available 24 hours a day at (321) 516-0970.

Palm Bay traffic stops and the officers who make them

Palm Bay spreads across a large area of south Brevard, and much of its traffic funnels onto Malabar Road, Palm Bay Road and Babcock Street. DUI stops in the city are commonly made by the Palm Bay Police Department. A driver stopped on I-95 may deal with the Florida Highway Patrol instead.

A typical stop starts with a traffic reason, moves to questions and field sobriety exercises, and, if there is an arrest, ends with a request for a breath test. The officer's report and any camera video become central evidence.

How a Palm Bay case moves through Brevard County Court

A Palm Bay DUI is filed in Brevard County Court in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Brevard keeps three courthouses, the Moore Justice Center in Viera as its main one plus courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne, and the court decides where each Palm Bay hearing is held. Court dates can also fall during working hours.

Florida procedure can ease that burden. At arraignment, a lawyer can often file a written plea of not guilty, and in many misdemeanor DUI cases the client does not need to attend. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.180 governs when a defendant must be present, and an attorney can appear for the client at many pretrial hearings.

Your license runs on a separate deadline

The court case follows the court's calendar, but the license case does not wait for it. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles treats the arrest as the start of an administrative suspension, and a formal review hearing must be requested within 10 days. If no request is made, the suspension takes effect.

In a city as spread out as Palm Bay, losing the ability to drive can disrupt work, school pickups and appointments. A hardship license may be available during some suspensions, depending on the suspension type and the driving record.

Where Palm Bay clients can reach the firm

The firm's nearest office is in Satellite Beach. Case reviews are free, calls are answered at any hour, and Affirm payment plans with $0 down options are available, subject to approval.

Palm Bay at a glance
  • County: Brevard County
  • Court: Brevard County Court, which sits at the Moore Justice Center in Viera and at courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne
  • Circuit: Florida's Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
  • The firm's nearest office is in Satellite Beach. See Satellite Beach office.

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General information only, not legal advice. Every case depends on its own facts, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Palm Bay DUI questions
Not always. In many misdemeanor DUI cases, a lawyer can file a written plea of not guilty at arraignment and appear for the client at pretrial hearings under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.180. Whether a particular Palm Bay case requires you to attend a given hearing depends on the case and the court.
Inside Palm Bay, DUI stops are commonly made by the Palm Bay Police Department, often on Malabar Road, Palm Bay Road or Babcock Street. On I-95, the Florida Highway Patrol may make the stop. Either way, the case is prosecuted in Brevard County, where the arrest happened.
No. The firm's nearest office is in Satellite Beach, and a free case review can also be done by phone, with calls answered 24 hours a day. The review can cover the 10 day deadline for the formal review hearing and the court schedule.
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