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Oregon DUII penalties breakdown: every component, line by line

Our Oregon DUI costs page gives the state overview. This page does the narrower job: it prices each component of Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 813.010, 813.200–813.270 and 813.240 for a first, second and third conviction, the mandatory minimums, the restricted-license and interlock route, and the reinstatement charges the state actually publishes — with no added-up total.

The first offence, component by component

Oregon calls the offence DUII, and it offers two completely different price structures for a first offence: conviction under § 813.010, or the diversion programme under §§ 813.200 to 813.270. A convicted first offender faces a Class A misdemeanour with at least 48 hours in jail or 80 hours of community service and up to a year, a fine of $1,000 to $6,250, a one-year license suspension, a substance abuse assessment and any treatment it recommends, a victim impact panel, and an ignition interlock requirement. If the concentration was 0.15 or higher, the minimum fine rises to $2,000. Oregon does not allow a DUII charge to be pleaded down to a lesser offence in exchange for a guilty plea, so for a convicted driver those components are the floor of the discussion, not an opening position.

Diversion reprices the same first offence as a programme instead of a sentence. Published programme guidance puts the court component at $490 in fees to the court under § 813.240, with a payment plan available, and then prices the programme components separately: an alcohol and drug assessment and monitoring charge of $150 to $225, a victim impact session fee, urine testing charges, treatment fees that vary by the state-certified provider chosen, and interlock charges if the driver intends to drive during the diversion year. Successful completion over the programme period — which includes abstaining from alcohol and drugs and completing the evaluation and treatment — ends with the charge dismissed and no conviction. Failing diversion reverses that bargain: the driver is convicted on the plea already entered and sentenced under the § 813.010 table above.

Second and third offences, and what escalates

Eligibility is what makes diversion a priced option rather than a right. In outline, a driver is not eligible if they hold a commercial driver license, if the DUII involved serious physical injury, if they have a DUII conviction or a prior diversion within the lookback the diversion statutes set, or if another DUII charge is pending — and the petition must be filed within the short window after the first court appearance that the programme allows. A second conviction outside diversion carries a fine of $1,500 to $6,250 with the same $2,000 floor at 0.15 or higher, and a three-year suspension where the prior falls within the period used in the published summaries. A third DUII within ten years is a Class C felony, with at least 90 days and up to five years, fines from $2,000 up to the felony ceiling, and permanent revocation of driving privileges.

Refusal, the restricted license, and reinstatement charges

Oregon DMV runs an implied-consent suspension on a failed or refused test in parallel with both of those court tracks, and it is not cancelled by entering diversion — a driver in diversion can still be serving or contesting the DMV suspension, and interlock is the mechanism that makes driving possible during it. That is why an Oregon first offence should be budgeted in three columns rather than one: the court column (the fine, or the $490 diversion fee), the programme column (assessment, victim panel, testing and treatment, each provider-priced), and the DMV and interlock column (the suspension period and the provider's device charges for as long as the driver needs to drive during it). Our diversion, interlock and reinstatement pages take each column in turn.

Sources: Or. Rev. Stat. § 813.010 (conviction tiers); Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 813.200–813.270 and 813.240 (diversion programme and its $490 court fee in published programme guidance); Oregon DMV implied-consent and suspension guidance. Last verified: October 2026.

What this state does not publish as a single figure

Oregon does not set a single statewide price for DUII treatment: fees vary widely by certified provider and by the length of treatment an assessment recommends, and the same is true of urine testing, interlock installation and leasing, and probation supervision. Those components are therefore listed with the published programme ranges where guidance gives them — the $150 to $225 assessment and monitoring range — and otherwise described rather than priced, and court costs in a conviction case are assessed by the convicting court. There is no published Oregon figure for the effect of a DUII on car insurance prices, and none is estimated here; Oregon's priced components are the statutory fines, the diversion court fee and the suspension and interlock periods above.

There is no added-up statewide total on this page for the same reason: the published components above are the figures the statute, the licensing agency or the court schedule actually sets, and the remaining components are billed case by case. Adding them together would produce a number no Oregon authority has published. Use the table to price the components that apply to a specific case, and use our first-offense cost guide, second-offense guide and third-offense guide for the national pattern each component follows.

Common questions

How much does Oregon DUII diversion cost in court fees?

$490 in fees to the court under the diversion programme guidance for § 813.240, with a payment plan available — plus separate provider charges for the assessment ($150–$225 in that guidance), the victim impact session, testing and treatment.

What is the fine for a first Oregon DUII conviction?

$1,000 to $6,250 as a Class A misdemeanour, rising to a $2,000 minimum where the concentration was 0.15 or higher, with at least 48 hours in jail or 80 hours of community service and a one-year suspension.

Does completing diversion avoid a conviction?

Yes — successful completion ends with the charge dismissed. Termination from diversion results in conviction on the plea entered at the start of the programme and sentencing under § 813.010.

Sources: Or. Rev. Stat. § 813.010 (conviction tiers); Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 813.200–813.270 and 813.240 (diversion programme and its $490 court fee in published programme guidance); Oregon DMV implied-consent and suspension guidance. Last verified: October 2026. This page is educational information about costs only — not legal advice. Laws and fees change; confirm current figures with your court and your state's driver-licensing agency.