Wisconsin Drunk Driving - OWI

Terms Frequently Used In Wisconsin Drunk Driving Cases

Drunk driving laws in the state of Wisconsin refer to OWI - operating while intoxicated. An OWI is simular to a DUI - driving under the influence or DWI - driving while intoxicated.

Wisconsin Legal Drinking Limits

In most situations, the legal blood alcohol limit is .08; however, people with CDL licenses (commercial driver's license), people who have been previously convicted of a drunk driving offense, and minors are subject to stricter rules and lower BAC levels.

Drunk Driving & People Under 21 Years

Wisconsin's legal drinking age is 21. Under Wisconsin's zero tolerance laws, a person under the age of 21 years stopped for drunk driving who has any trace of alcohol in their blood is automatically charged with an OWI.

Refusals - Refusing To Submit To A Blood Alcohol Test

Wisconsin law provides that a person must submit to a blood alcohol test if they are stopped and asked to do so. However, there are situations in which a test is not reasonable, and that is precisely what Attorney Chirafisi proved in a drunk driving case in which the alleged defendant had refused to submit to the test. See: Refusal Ruled Reasonable - Attorney Corey Chirafisi Defending

Contact Information

Attorney Corey Chirafisi
10 E Doty St, Ste 701
Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: 608.250.3500
Toll-free: 1.866.514.0647
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