{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2206.15","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 50-2206.15","heading":"Penalty for operating a vehicle while impaired.","body":"(a)\nExcept as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person violating § 50-2206.14 shall upon conviction for the first offense be fined $500, or incarcerated for not more than 90 days, or both.\n\n(b)\nA person violating any provision of § 50-2206.14 when the person has a prior offense under § 50-2206.11, § 50-2206.12, or § 50-2206.14 and is being sentenced on the current offense shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,500, or incarcerated for not more than one year, or both; provided, that a 5-day mandatory-minimum term of incarceration shall be imposed.\n\n(c)\nA person violating any provision of § 50-2206.14 when the person has 2 or more prior offenses under § 50-2206.11, § 50-2206.12, or § 50-2206.14 and is being sentenced on the current offense shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000, or incarcerated for not more than one year, or both; provided, that a 10-day mandatory-minimum term of incarceration shall be imposed.\n\n(c-1)\n(1)\nIn addition to any other penalty provided by law, and notwithstanding §§ 50-2201.05a, and 50-2206.55(a-1)(1), a person violating any provision of § 50-2206.14 when the person has 2 prior offenses under § 50-2206.11, § 50-2206.12, or § 50-2206.14 within the past 5 years and is being sentenced on the current offense shall have his or her driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in the District revoked until such time as the Department may reinstate the person's driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in the District pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.\n(2)\nA person whose driver's license or privilege to operate in the District was revoked pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may, after 5 years from the date of revocation, apply to the Department for reinstatement. Upon receipt of an application, the Department may reinstate the persons driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in the District for good cause shown.\n\n(d)\nThe fines set forth in this section shall not be limited by § 22-3571.01.","path":["Title 50. Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 22. Regulation of Traffic.","Subchapter III-A. Impaired Operating or Driving.","Part B. Operating a Vehicle."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-2206.15","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4c82995484a7b085890dd8bb49fefc8eae333c272d2b212e25ed3229cd8979eb","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2206.14","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2206.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}