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Texas ALR Hearing Deadline Calculator

After a Texas DWI arrest, you have a short window to request the hearing that can save your driver's license. Find your estimated deadline in seconds.

Answer a few quick questions

1. Date of your DWI arrest

If the stop began late at night and continued past midnight, use the date on your arrest paperwork.

2. What happened with the test? I took a breath test and failed (0.08 or more) The officer usually takes your license and hands you a Notice of Suspension at the arrest. I refused the breath or blood test The officer usually hands you a Notice of Suspension at the arrest. Blood was drawn (result pending, or it arrived later) In most blood cases, DPS mails the suspension notice after the lab result comes back.

Your estimated ALR hearing request deadline

Automatic suspension begins

Day 40 after notice. Requesting a hearing on time puts the suspension on hold until your hearing is decided.

How this was calculated

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How This Calculator Works, and Its Limits

The 15-day hearing window

Breath test failure: the officer serves the Notice of Suspension at the arrest. You must request an ALR hearing not later than the 15th day after that date. Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 524.031.
Refusal: same 15-day rule, running from the date you receive the notice, which is normally the arrest date. Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 724.041.
Blood case with a mailed notice: DPS sends the notice by first class mail, and the law presumes you received it on the 5th day after the mailing date. The 15 days then run from that presumed receipt date. Tex. Transp. Code Secs. 524.013(b), 724.033(b).

The 40-day automatic suspension

If no hearing is requested in time, the suspension takes effect on the 40th day after the notice was served or presumed received. Tex. Transp. Code Secs. 524.021, 724.035. A timely hearing request stays the suspension until the hearing is resolved.

Why this is an estimate

Blood-case notice timing varies. Sometimes officers serve notice at the scene even when blood is drawn, and mailing dates are not always what you expect. The safest move is to act as if the earliest possible deadline applies.
When a deadline lands on a weekend or state holiday, Texas law can extend it to the next business day, but this tool deliberately does not count on that. Treat the printed date as final and act before it.
This tool uses only the dates you enter. It cannot see your DPS file, your paperwork, or your driving record. Commercial licenses, minors, and out-of-state licenses follow different or additional rules not covered here.

Not legal advice

This calculator provides a general estimate for education only. It is not legal advice, it may not match your exact situation, and using it does not create an attorney-client relationship. The only way to know your true deadline is to have a lawyer review your paperwork. Statutes cited: Texas Transportation Code Sections 524.013, 524.021, 524.031, 724.033, 724.035, and 724.041, as accessed in 2026.