Maine OUI Excessive Alcohol Administrative Suspension Hearing Request
MAINE OUI EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION HEARING REQUEST
Before you use this: Use this signed request for a Maine Secretary of State administrative suspension based on an excessive alcohol level under 29-A M.R.S. § 2453. Under § 2483(1), request the hearing in writing within 10 days from the suspension's effective date. Section 2453(5) provides for a stay when the Secretary of State receives a timely written request. Confirm the effective date, eligibility, and delivery instructions on your notice; arrange for timely receipt and keep proof. A late request may qualify for a hearing only under the narrow conditions in § 2483(3), without a stay. This document does not address a chemical-test refusal, a drug-based determination, or a court-ordered suspension.
Date: [__/__/____]
To: Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Division of Legal Affairs, Adjudications & Hearings
29 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0029
From: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
Date of birth: [__/__/____]
Driver license or history number: [________________________________]
Current mailing address: [________________________________]
Daytime telephone: [________________________________]
Email, if used for scheduling: [________________________________]
BMV case or suspension notice number: [________________________________]
Effective date stated in suspension notice: [__/__/____]
Date and method of notice received: [________________________________]
Re: Written request for hearing under 29-A M.R.S. §§ 2453(5) and 2483
I request an administrative hearing to review the Secretary of State's excessive-alcohol suspension identified above. Please treat this signed writing as my hearing request under 29-A M.R.S. § 2483 and send the hearing date, location or access instructions, and decision to my current mailing address.
The notice concerns an incident on [__/__/____] in [COUNTY], Maine. The officer or agency named on the notice is [________________________________]. I request that the hearing address the issues specified in § 2453(8), including whether I operated with an excessive alcohol level and whether there was probable cause to believe that I did so. I reserve the opportunity to present evidence and arguments at the hearing.
☐ I have an attorney or other authorized representative in this administrative matter. Name and contact information: [________________________________]
Please confirm receipt of this request and provide any BMV case or hearing number: [________________________________].
Sincerely,
Signature: [________________________________] Date signed: [__/__/____]
Printed name: [________________________________]
Attachment: copy of the administrative suspension notice, if available.
DELIVERY RECORD — KEEP WITH YOUR COPY
The BMV hearings page directs written requests other than demerit-point hearings to the Hearings Section and lists the identifying details used above. Check your notice for any case-specific instruction. The request concerns the administrative suspension only; a criminal case follows its own process.
Method and destination used: [________________________________]
Date sent or delivered: [__/__/____] Time: [________]
Date BMV confirmed receipt: [__/__/____]
Receipt, delivery confirmation, or case number: [________________________________]
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About this template
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 27, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Category
- Criminal Law
Legal authority
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2453(5), (8)
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2483(1), (3)-(4)
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 27, 2026.
29-A M.R.S. § 2453(5), (8) (checked October 27, 2026): "If, within 10 days from the effective date of the suspension, the Secretary of State receives a request in writing for a hearing in accordance with section 2483 , the suspension is stayed until a hearing is held and a decision is issued."
29-A M.R.S. § 2483(1), (3)-(4) (checked October 27, 2026): "A person may make a written request for a hearing to review the determination of the Secretary of State. The request must be made within 10 days from the effective date of the suspension."
Maine BMV, Legal Affairs and Hearings — written requests (checked October 27, 2026): "All other hearing requests should be submitted in writing to the Hearings Section at the address shown above."
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