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| Cost to Tow Your Car | $100.00 |
| Car Storage Fee Per Day | $30.00 |
| Minimum Fine | $250.00 |
| Safe Neighborhood Fund | $75.00 |
| Victim Compensation Fund | $50.00 |
| Law Enforcement Assistance Fund | $30.00 |
| License Reinstatement Fee | $200.00 |
| Add These Probable Additional Costs | |
|---|---|
| Alcohol Education Classes | $100.00 |
| Auto Insurance Increase | varies * |
| MVC Surcharge | $3,000.00 |
| DWI Surcharge | $200.00 |
I've found that most people have a serious misconception about the cost of their New Jersey DWI.
They believe that pleading guilty is going to save them money over the cost of hiring an attorney and fighting the charge.
Better think again.
This is a table showing the costs of a DWI conviction here in New Jersey.
As you can see, the average cost for just pleading guilty is at least $3,685.00, not including your attorney fees, or how much your insurance company will surcharge you. That could be an additional $1,000.00 or more a year for three years.
In addition, you need to keep possible jail time in mind. For a first offense, you probably won't get any jail time. But if you ever get arrested and convicted for a 2nd NJ DWI offense, you're looking at mandatory jail time of 48 hours to 90 days.
Not too pleasant a picture, is it?
On the other hand, if you fight and are successful in keeping a NJ DWI conviction off your record, you can avoid these charges, plus the raise in your insurance rates.
So let me ask you quite simply . . . can you afford not to fight the charge?
Even without attorney costs, you're still looking at up to a minimum of $3685.00 in non-attorney costs. And you'll always have the New Jersey DWI conviction on your record. And this could seriously hurt you now and in the future, as I've already touched upon at this link.
* does not include the gouging you will get from your insurance company when it is time to renew your policy.
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