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DUI stops from University Drive to Griffin Road

The Davie Police Department commonly makes DUI stops along University Drive, Griffin Road, State Road 84 and I-595. Because the town has both busy corridors and a semi rural western character, the setting of a stop can vary a great deal.

That setting becomes part of the evidence. Roadside exercises, including the horizontal gaze nystagmus eye test, are meant to be given and scored under national NHTSA standards, and the lighting, the ground and passing traffic can affect whether that happened.

Students, careers and a DUI charge

Davie is home to Nova Southeastern University, and some people arrested here are students. Drivers under 21 are held to a 0.02 limit, well below the 0.08 limit for drivers 21 and older.

A DUI arrest or conviction can also affect plans beyond the courtroom, including employment, professional licenses and international travel, because schools, employers and licensing bodies may ask about criminal history. The right professional can explain those effects; the firm's focus is the criminal case and the license suspension.

For students who are not U.S. citizens, a DUI can affect immigration status, and that question belongs with an immigration attorney.

Where a Davie DUI goes next

A Davie arrest is prosecuted in Broward County, in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. Criminal cases are heard at the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and Broward also runs regional courthouses in Deerfield Beach, Hollywood and Plantation.

The license side starts right away. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) handles the administrative suspension, and a formal review hearing must be requested within 10 days of the arrest. Missing that window means the suspension takes effect.

Courts cannot withhold adjudication on a DUI, and a DUI conviction cannot be sealed or expunged in Florida. For someone early in a career, that permanence is often the main concern.

The firm and Davie cases

DUI Lawyers Shield Firm takes cases in Davie and across Broward County. It has no Broward office; its offices are in Orlando and Satellite Beach. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, and payment plans are available through Affirm with $0 down options, subject to approval.

Davie at a glance

County: Broward County
Court: The Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale (Broward also runs regional courthouses in Deerfield Beach, Hollywood and Plantation)
Circuit: Florida's Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
The firm has no office in Broward County; its offices are in Orlando and Satellite Beach. See our offices.

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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.

Davie DUI questions

It can. A DUI arrest or conviction can affect employment and professional licenses, and some programs and employers ask about criminal history. Your school and the relevant licensing body can explain their own rules. The firm can review the Florida criminal case and the license suspension, which run on separate tracks, in a free case review.

A DUI arrest or conviction can affect immigration status and international travel. Those questions belong with an immigration attorney, because the rules sit outside Florida DUI law. The Florida side, meaning the criminal case in Broward court and the 10 day deadline for the license hearing, needs attention at the same time.

The law is the same anywhere in Davie, but the setting can matter to the evidence. Field sobriety exercises are meant to be given and scored under NHTSA standards, and lighting, surface and traffic can affect that. Any video and the officer's report show the conditions, and they are reviewed in discovery.

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