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Are you wondering exactly how long does a DWI stay on your record? Read this article from the law office of Kermit A. Monge for the answer:

To avoid a hit & run charge in Virginia, you must stop your vehicle as close to the scene as possible and contact state or local police.

Leaving the scene after an accident may constitute as a hit and run, resulting in significant penalties and fines as a result.

The severity of the penalty, or penalties, for eluding the police in Virginia will vary depending upon the specific details of the incident.

Open container in Virginia is defined as any vessel containing an alcoholic beverage, except the originally sealed manufacturer’s container.

Eluding the police is the failure to stop when a police officer signals either visually or audibly to cease operation of a motor vehicle.

Virginia DUI first offense penalties vary depending on your BAC level, age of passengers in the car and other qualifying factors.

Under Virginia law and, DUI & DWI are both terms used to describe a person who drove while under the influence of an intoxicating substance.