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Rory Safir

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Ask Safir: Can I Drive After a DUI Arrest in Florida?

The citation in your pocket is a ten day driving permit, and what you do inside those ten days decides whether you keep driving after it expires. One of the two paths costs more than people realize....
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Ask Safir: How Long Does a DUI Stay on Your Record in Florida?

The criminal record is permanent, the driving record keeps it for 75 years, and the clocks that do expire are the ones lawyers care about most: the five and ten year enhancement windows....
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Ask Safir: Will a DUI Show Up on a Background Check in Florida?

A Florida DUI conviction shows up on background checks and can never be sealed or expunged. The reason is a statute most articles skip, and the one real exit ramp runs through the charge itself....
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A Golf Cart, a Refusal, and the Hearing Most Drivers Never Request

A golf cart DUI arrest carries everything a car arrest carries, including the license suspension. This one ended with the suspension set aside at the formal review hearing, and the State later dropped all three criminal charges....
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A DUI Arrest Puts Your CDL at Risk for a Year. Here Is How One Driver Kept His.

For many drivers, a DUI arrest is a legal problem. For a commercial driver, it is a payroll problem....
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A DUI in Sarasota, Manatee, or DeSoto? DETER Is the Most Structured Exit in the Region

If your DUI, or your boating DUI, happened in Sarasota, Manatee, or DeSoto County, your case sits in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, and the Twelfth runs the most structured diversion program in the region. It is called DETER, and I just published a free plain-English guide to it: Safir Guide...
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A First DUI in Hillsborough Comes With a Second Chance. Here Is How RIDR Works

A first DUI arrest in Hillsborough County comes with something most counties cannot offer: a State Attorney program that can end an eligible case as reckless driving with no conviction at all. It is called RIDR, and I just published a free plain-English guide to it: Safir Guide No....
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Arrested for DUI in Pinellas or Pasco? DROP Can Rewrite the Ending, If You Move Fast

If your first DUI happened in Pinellas or Pasco County, there is a program that can end your case as reckless driving instead of a DUI conviction. It is called DROP, it is run by the State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and I just published a free plain-English...
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Florida’s Habitual Traffic Offender Trap Just Got Bigger

Buried in the stack of laws that took effect on July 1, 2026 is one that will quietly turn ordinary traffic tickets into felony cases. House Bill 35 added driving without a valid license, section 322.03, Florida Statutes, to the list of offenses that count toward habitual traffic offender status....
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The Part of a DUI Conviction Nobody Warns You About

When a machine prints a number about you, the number moves into your head and starts acting like a verdict. Some part of you has probably decided that everything from here is paperwork....
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