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DUI Defense Attorneys in Merced County, California
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A San Joaquin Valley county where dairy and row-crop agriculture anchor the economy and UC Merced, opened in 2005, is the University of California's newest campus; the courthouse sits in the city of Merced. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Merced · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.
The law also keeps time: ten days from arrest to request the DMV administrative hearing under Cal. Veh. Code § 13353.2. The DMV's administrative per se suspension is separate from the criminal case, missing the 10-day window forfeits the hearing. Most misdemeanor DUI charges must be filed within one year (Cal. Penal Code § 802). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.
This page is the Merced County chapter of the registry's statewide record · DUI Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.
The clock & the court
Ten days from arrest to request the DMV administrative hearing.
Cal. Veh. Code § 13353.2
The DMV's administrative per se suspension is separate from the criminal case, missing the 10-day window forfeits the hearing. Most misdemeanor DUI charges must be filed within one year (Cal. Penal Code § 802).
Superior Court of California, County of Merced.
County seat: Merced
Main courthouse: Ogletree Jr. Courthouse, 2260 N Street, Merced, CA 95340
Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).
Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.merced.courts.ca.gov
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DUI Defense counsel in the counties bordering Merced County
No attorney on the official State Bar of California roll lists DUI defense among their practice areas with an active licence and an address of record in Merced County.
The county that share a border with Merced County holds 3 attorneys with DUI defense among their practice areas, counted by the county of their address of record:
- DUI Defense in Santa Clara County · 3 attorneys
DUI Defense matters in Merced County
The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.
- first-offense DUI
- repeat DUI charges
- DMV license suspension hearings
- felony DUI and DUI with injury
- drug DUI
- underage and commercial driver DUI
- refusal to test
- DUI with a child passenger
- wet reckless reductions
- ignition interlock requirements
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Source: Cal. Veh. Code § 13353.2 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.
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