DUI Lawyer in Juniata County.

Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition is available statewide under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, and admission is at the District Attorney's discretion — Pa.R.Crim.P. 310 provides that it is the attorney for the Commonwealth who moves for ARD, and the judge who decides whether to accept the case. Juniata County does not publish ARD eligibility rules, fees or application deadlines on its county website, so anyone considering ARD here should contact the District Attorney's office directly rather than relying on a neighbouring county's published figures. An attorney can confirm how the process works in your case.

Almost certainly at the Pennsylvania State Police station at 140 Stoney Creek Drive, Mifflintown. It is called the Lewistown station, which confuses people, but it sits in Juniata County and is the Troop G station covering both Juniata and Mifflin counties. State Police DUI arrests typically involve a blood draw and a documented standardized field sobriety test sequence — those reports and any video are the first place we look for problems with the stop and the testing.

First-offense penalties depend on your BAC. General Impairment (.08–.099) carries a mandatory minimum of 6 months' probation, a $300 fine, and no license suspension. High BAC (.10–.159) adds a 12-month suspension and 48 hours minimum jail. Highest BAC (.16+), refusals, and controlled-substance DUIs trigger 72 hours minimum jail, a 12-month suspension, and fines up to $5,000. Ignition interlock is required on most suspensions.

Many first-time offenders may apply for Pennsylvania's Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program, but admission is at the District Attorney's discretion. ARD avoids a conviction, and the ARD license suspension under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3807(d) ranges from none to 90 days. You may be disqualified if a child was in the vehicle, there was a serious-injury accident, or you have certain priors. Act 58 of 2025 created a separate § 3802(h) DUI-following-diversion offense when a new DUI occurs within 10 years of qualifying diversion.

Pennsylvania's implied consent law triggers a 12-month PennDOT license suspension for refusing chemical testing (18 months with a prior refusal suspension or a prior DUI sentence) — separate from the criminal DUI and applied even if you're acquitted. The refusal and the underlying DUI are challenged separately and often have different defenses.