Iowa Drunk Driving Laws

• BAC Limit: 0.08
• Enhanced Penalty BAC Level: 0.15
• Zero Tolerance Level: 0.02
• Implied Consent Law: Yes
• License Suspension 1st Offense: 180 Days
• License Suspension 2nd Offense: 1 Year
• License Suspension 3rd Offense: 2 Years
• Mandatory Jail Time: After 2nd Offense
• Mandatory Alcohol Education: Yes
• Mandatory Alcohol Treatment: No
• Ignition Interlock Device: Yes
• Vehicle Confiscation: No
• Hardship License: After 90 Days
• Open Container Law: For driver and passengers

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Iowa Football Player Charged With DUI On Mo-Ped WITN DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa offensive lineman Kyle Calloway has been arrested and charged with operating a mo-ped while intoxicated. Iowa City police say Calloway was arrested early Saturday after officers stopped him while h more...

Iowa OL Arrested for DUI on Mo-Ped KOLO, NV Reporter: AP Iowa City police say Calloway was arrested early Saturday after officers stopped him while he was driving into a barricaded area. Police say the 22-year-old senior was given a breath test, which registered 0.106. The l more...

Illinois/Iowa briefs Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA The 39-year-old Bolling is charged with reckless homicide, DUI and hit-and-run after allegedly striking and killing a 13-year-old boy riding his bicycle on the South Side early Friday. Bolling remains jailed on $2 million bon more...

Iowa & Illinois digest Burlington Hawk Eye, United States Illinois law allows for the forfeiture of vehicles used in the commission of certain crimes, including aggravated DUI. Last month, prosecutors in Madison County filed five vehicle-forfeiture cases. Each involved more...

Police Beat April 27 Macomb Daily Journal, IL Donald L. Petersen, 52, of Muscatine, Iowa, was arrested at 6:51 pm Friday and charged with DUI. The Macomb Police Department wrote more than 32 tickets over the weekend for underage drinking or drinking in public, four for false more...