Third 3rd offense Kentucky DUI Cases for 2007 are punished as follows:

Lookback period is now 5 years from date of arrest to date of prior arrest!

• Fine: $500-$1,000. Total of about 500.0 more than the fine alone is added as service fees and required counseling before you are done.   Expect huge increases in insurance costs from  18,000 to 72,000 dollars over no convictions (the extra 300 to 1200 per month for insurance adds up over then next five years as you drive and makes it just about impossible to drive).  
• Jail: Thirty (30) days to twelve (12) months. At least 48 hours of the sentence must be served consecutively.
• Community Service: Not less than ten (10) days or more than twelve (12) months of Community Service is optional in all cases.
• License Revocation: 24 months to 36 months. The District Judge may grant a hardship license after 24 months.
• Alcohol and Drug Assessment Here are the Jefferson County Substance Abuse providers.and Treatment: One year.

  Aggravating Factors

  After October 1, 2000, Kentucky DUI law establishes a list of six aggravating factors, which, double the mandatory minimum jail sentence.

  The aggravating factors are:

  1. Operating a motor vehicle in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour above the speed limit;
  2. Operating a motor vehicle in the wrong direction on a limited access highway;
  3. Operating a motor vehicle that causes an accident resulting in death or serious physical injury;
  4. Operating a motor vehicle while the alcohol concentration in the operator's blood or breath is 0.18 or more as measured by a test or tests of a sample of the operator's blood or breath taken within two (2) hours of cessation of operation of the motor vehicle;
  5. Refusing to submit to any test of one's blood, breath or urine requested by an officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person was operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of the DUI laws;
  6. Operating a motor vehicle that is transporting a passenger under the age of twelve (12) years old.

Only a "not guilty" verdict or other non-DUI disposition of the case will prevent theseconsequences.  This puts a premium on winning your DUI case, or obtaining a non-DUI disposition.

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