How much does a DUI cost?
The fine is the smallest part of it. A first DUI or DWI stacks a statutory fine on top of court costs, a license reinstatement fee, a DUI program you pay for yourself, ignition-interlock lease payments, towing, and years of high-risk insurance. On the official schedules we read, first-offense fine maximums run from $300 in Pennsylvania to $5,000 in Massachusetts — before any of the other layers. Pick your state below and stack the real numbers.
DUI total cost calculator
Choose your state. The calculator applies that state's verified fine range, court costs, reinstatement fee, and program fee, then adds the market costs — interlock, towing, insurance — using figures you enter.
A market cost charged by the vendor, not the state — installation commonly runs about $75–$150.
Market cost — monthly lease and calibration commonly run about $70–$120. Enter your vendor's quote.
Set by the tow yard and the impound period — enter what you were charged.
Insurers set this; no official source prices it. Enter the increase on your own quote.
An SR-22 must typically be carried for about 3 years — see the SR-22 guide.
Court costs, reinstatement, the DUI program, interlock, towing and insurance usually cost more than the fine itself. The total-cost guide walks through every layer.
Read the total cost guideThe seven layers of DUI cost
1. The fine is set by statute and is the layer every state publishes. 2. Court costs and fees are added on top of the fine — sometimes a statewide schedule, often set county by county. 3. License costs: your license is suspended, and getting it back means a reinstatement fee to the DMV or licensing agency. 4. The DUI program — classes or treatment the court orders, paid by you, priced by the program. 5. Ignition interlock: an install fee plus a monthly lease to a private vendor for as long as the order runs. 6. Towing and storage from the night of the arrest. 7. Insurance: an SR-22 filing and high-risk premiums that typically run for about three years — for most people the largest layer of all, and the one no official schedule can price for you.
Court filing fees in general — divorce, civil, small claims — are a different topic with their own schedules; this site covers DUI-specific costs only. General court costs live on our sister site, courtcostguide.com.
Start with your state
Every layer except insurance is set state by state, so the only numbers that matter are your state's. Full guides for the eight most-searched states, then the complete 50-state table.
Texas DWI costs guide
Statutory fine: Unverified. Reinstatement fee: $125. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
California DUI costs guide
Statutory fine: $390–$1,000. Reinstatement fee: —. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
Florida DUI costs guide
Statutory fine: $500–$1,000. Reinstatement fee: —. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
New York DWI costs guide
Statutory fine: $500–$1,000. Reinstatement fee: $100. Interlock: required for all first offenders.
Illinois DUI costs guide
Statutory fine: Unverified. Reinstatement fee: $250. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
Pennsylvania DUI costs guide
Statutory fine: $300. Reinstatement fee: —. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
Ohio OVI costs guide
Statutory fine: $565–$1,075. Reinstatement fee: $315. Interlock: conditional — restricted license / court order.
Georgia DUI costs guide
Statutory fine: $300–$1,000. Reinstatement fee: $210. Interlock: not required.
First-offense fine, reinstatement & interlock — all 50 states
| State | Statutory fine (first offense) | Reinstatement fee | Ignition interlock | SR-22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Unverified | $275 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Alaska | From $1,500 (statutory minimum — no maximum stated) | — | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| Arizona | From $250 (statutory minimum — no maximum stated) | — | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| Arkansas | Unverified | $150 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| California | $390–$1,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Colorado | $600–$1,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Connecticut | Unverified | $175 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Delaware | $500–$1,500 | $200 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Florida | $500–$1,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Georgia | $300–$1,000 | $210 | Not required | See guide |
| Hawaii | $250–$1,000 | — | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Idaho | Up to $1,000 | $285 | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| Illinois | Unverified | $250 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Indiana | Unverified | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Iowa | $1,250 | $20 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Kansas | $750–$1,000 | — | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Kentucky | $200–$500 | $40 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Louisiana | $300–$1,000 | $100 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Maine | $500–$2,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Maryland | Up to $1,200 | — | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Massachusetts | $500–$5,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Michigan | $100–$500 | $125 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Minnesota | Up to $1,000 | $680 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Mississippi | $250–$1,000 | $175 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Missouri | Up to $1,000 | $45 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Montana | $600–$1,000 | $200 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Nebraska | $500 | $125 | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| Nevada | $400–$1,000 | $121 | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| New Hampshire | $500–$1,200 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| New Jersey | $250–$500 | $100 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| New Mexico | Unverified | $102 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| New York | $500–$1,000 | $100 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| North Carolina | Up to $1,000 | $167.75 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| North Dakota | $500–$750 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Ohio | $565–$1,075 | $315 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Oklahoma | Up to $1,000 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Oregon | From $1,000 (statutory minimum — no maximum stated) | — | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| Pennsylvania | $300 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Rhode Island | $100–$300 | $353.50 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| South Carolina | $400 | $100 | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| South Dakota | Up to $2,000 | — | Not required | See guide |
| Tennessee | $350–$1,500 | $100 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
| Texas | Unverified | $125 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Utah | From $700 (statutory minimum — no maximum stated) | $85 | Required for all first offenders | See guide |
| Vermont | Up to $750 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Virginia | $250–$2,500 | $105 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Washington | $350–$5,000 | $170 | Required for all first offenders | Required |
| West Virginia | $100–$500 | — | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Wisconsin | $150–$300 | $200 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | See guide |
| Wyoming | Unverified | $50 | Conditional — restricted license / court order | Required |
Where a figure could not be verified from an official source, the table says so instead of printing a plausible number. Insurance premium increases are never in these tables — insurers set them case by case, and any site quoting you an exact "average increase" is estimating, not citing.
Reinstatement is a fee plus a checklist: the suspension period served, the program completed, the SR-22 filed. The reinstatement guide lays out the layers state by state.
Read the reinstatement guideHow these figures are sourced
Every fine, fee, and program charge on this site comes from an official source we opened and read during the October 2026 research pass: state statutes and driver-licensing agencies first, state court sources second, NHTSA for national program structure. Each state guide names its sources. The full method — including why insurance increases are described but never numbered — is on the About page.