Arizona vs Texas

Scenario-dependent. General suspension: $10. Revocation (DUI/major offense): $20 + an age-based application fee ($10 age 50+, $15 ages 45-49, $20 ages 40-44, $25 age 39 and under or any age with a Travel ID) + SR-22 + (for alcohol/drug cases) interlock and substance-abuse evaluation. Admin Per Se suspension: additional $50. Financial-responsibility (accident) suspension: $10 driver license + $25 registration/plate (§28-4144(C)(2)(b)).

$25 registration/license-plate reinstatement on the FR (accident) path (§28-4144). For a no-insurance registration suspension, the consumer path is a $50 fee plus current proof of insurance where prior-coverage proof can't be produced.

2nd within 36 months: minimum $750 + 6-month suspension of license, registration, and plates. 3rd+ within 36 months: minimum $1,000 + 1-year suspension of license, registration, and plates, with SR-22 required on reinstatement (§28-4135(E)(2)-(3)).

1st DUI: 90-day administrative (Admin Per Se / implied-consent) suspension; the criminal §28-1381 conviction itself does not revoke on a 1st. 2nd within 84 months (§28-1381 or §28-1382): driving privilege revoked at least 1 year; special ignition-interlock restricted license possible after 45 days. Aggravated DUI (§28-1383, felony): revocation with no new license issued for at least 1 year (per §28-1385 period for the child-passenger variant). All convictions carry mandatory ignition interlock (§28-3319).

Standard DUI §28-1381: 1st = ≥$250 fine + two mandatory $500 assessments (~$1,250+ before surcharges), min 10 days jail (suspendable to 1 with treatment); 2nd = ≥$500 + two $1,250 assessments, min 90 days jail. Extreme §28-1382: BAC 0.15-0.20 = ≥$250 + $250 abatement + two $1,000 assessments, min 30 days jail; super-extreme BAC ≥0.20 = ≥$500, min 45 days jail. Aggravated §28-1383 (felony): ≥$750 + $250 abatement + two $1,500 assessments, mandatory prison (4 or 8 months by priors).

Texas 'DWI' (Penal Code Ch. 49), by prior convictions. Ch. 49 sets the offense class and minimum jail; dollar maxima come from the Penal Code Ch. 12 class ranges. 1st DWI (49.04) = Class B misdemeanor, min 72 hours jail (6 days if open container), up to $2,000 — elevated to Class A (up to $4,000) if BAC 0.15+ (49.04(d)). 2nd DWI (49.09(a)) = Class A misdemeanor, min 30 days, up to $4,000. 3rd+ DWI (49.09(b)) = 3rd-degree felony, 2-10 years, up to $10,000. DWI with child passenger <15 (49.045) = state jail felony, up to $10,000. IID required for a 2nd+ within 5 years (49.09(h)); entitlement to use the substance is no defense (49.10).

Driving on a suspended, revoked, canceled, or refused license, or while disqualified, is a class 1 misdemeanor (§28-3473). Arizona's general class 1 misdemeanor ceilings are up to 6 months jail and up to a $2,500 fine plus surcharges (ARS §13-707 / §13-802).

DWLI: additional suspension period, then reinstatement needs an SR-22 (2 yrs) plus the $100 fee. Operating during a registration suspension (Sec. 601.371): $100-$500 fine and 72 hours-6 months jail; a repeat is a Class A misdemeanor. Operating without required FR (Sec. 601.195): up to $500 and/or up to 6 months jail.

Per §28-3312, MVD disqualifies a CDL: 1 year for a first major offense — test refusal (§28-1321), driving a CMV under the influence or with BAC ≥0.04, leaving the scene, using a vehicle in a felony, causing a fatality by negligent operation, driving a CMV while already disqualified, OR a regular DUI committed in a personal (non-commercial) vehicle (chapter 4, article 3 violation). 3 years if the offense occurred while hauling placarded hazmat. Lifetime for two or more such offenses (reducible to 10 years by rule). Permanent for a controlled-substance trafficking felony or a human-trafficking offense committed with a CMV. Out-of-service-order violations: 180 days / 2 years / 3 years. Railroad-crossing violations: 60 / 120 days / 1 year. Two serious traffic violations in 3 years = 60-day disqualification; three or more = 120 days. CDL alcohol threshold is 0.04. Disqualification begins 10 days after MVD logs the conviction.