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5. Save the Pink Temporary License

This temporary license is your new license which is required to be on your person while driving, and it also has important information of value to both you and your Santa Rosa DUI lawyer (see the info in Tip #3 above under "Contact DMV." Click here to see a real example of this type of notice: Pink Temporary License, or here for the older 2009 version, or older 2008 version, and here for the pink temporary license in Spanish. You can find additional information provided by the DMV regarding issues considered at the DMV hearing, penalties and restricted licenses on page 2 (the reverse) of this pink temporary license.

The under age 21 minors DUI procedures in Santa Rosa and Sonoma are very similar. Click here to see an example of the Under Age 21 Pink Temporary License, and here for the older 2004 version.

Much more information about Easing the Consequences and Getting Your License Back can be found on this site. And if you didn't get this pink temporary license (search your pockets from the day of arrest, your wallet/purse and your vehicle where Santa Rosa or Sonoma officers may have placed it for you), then talk to a DUI lawyer about what that means and why you may or may not wish to ask the Sonoma County arresting agency for it. A Sonoma DUI attorney may be able to save you enormous inconvenience.

Note that some local agencies outside Sonoma County, such some police agencies in Marin, generate their DMV documents by computer so the temporary license looks almost identical to the examples in the links above, except your copy is typed and white rather than handwritten and pink. Click here for an example of this Computer Generated "Pink" Temporary License.