License Reinstatement

Driver’s License Reinstatement through Secretary of State Administrative Hearings

If you want to regain driving privileges after your driver’s license has been revoked, you must have a hearing with the Illinois Secretary of State’s Administrative Hearings division. Whether you’re going to an informal (typically allowed if you’d been convicted of only one DUI) or a formal hearing (mandatory when you’re convicted of multiple DUIs or you’re convicted of an aggravated DUI) our counselors are here to help. The IL Secretary of State’s documentation requirements are complex and confusing and forever changing. When you make an appointment with the DUI Counseling Centers to obtain your treatment documents, you can be rest-assured that our expert staff are up-to-date with the Secretary of State’s requirements for paperwork to meet Secretary of State formal and informal hearing requirements. We have 8 convenient Chicago area locations to serve you.

We’ll provide you with quality Treatment Verification documents, other various mandatory treatment documents, a DUI Alcohol and Drug Evaluation Uniform Report or an Alcohol/Drug Evaluation Update (if your prior evaluation or update exceeded six months from the hearing date), and, if required, a Treatment Needs Assessment. In other words, we’ll provide you with any and all evaluation and treatment documents and explain in detail each document’s purpose so you’re prepared for your hearing.

If you want further details about hearing requirements, please see the link below from the Secretary of State’s website:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/dah_ih22.pdf

Investigative Alcohol/Drug Evaluation
Previously called a non-DUI Evaluation, an Investigative Alcohol/Drug Evaluation is performed when you’re arrested for an alcohol and/or drug related offense that led to a suspension or revocation of your driver’s license that was non-DUI related e.g. zero tolerance (underage drinking) and, in some instances, of possession of illicit drugs, or when you’re arrested for a non- alcohol/drug related offense that led to a suspension or revocation of your driver’s license when a previous offense was alcohol/drug related e.g. driving on a suspended or revoked driver’s IL license subsequent to a DUI arrest.

Illinois Secretary of State hearing locations
The following link provides the locations of the Secretary of State’s driving facilities for informal hearings:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/dah_ih70.pdf

The following link provides the locations of the Secretary of State’s formal hearing offices:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/administrative_hearings/hearings.html#formal

Preparing for your hearing
It’s very important that we point out that in order for you to be successful at a Secretary of State hearing that you are honest about your past alcohol and/or drug history, (including your arrest(s)), that you have addressed the reasons for your use, and that you have made the appropriate life-style changes to significantly reduce your chances you’ll face another DUI arrest in the future.

Lawyers who specialize in Secretary of State hearing representation
Some petitioners find the Secretary of State hearing process too daunting to go it alone. It’s your right to have legal representation at a Secretary of State hearing. For decades the DUI Counseling Centers have known highly qualified and experienced lawyers who specialize in representing clients at Secretary of State hearings, and we can gladly refer you to them.