Appeal of a Driving-Licence Suspension in Georgia

Appeal of a Driving-Licence Suspension

How long is the suspension in alcohol cases?

For 0.3 to 0.7 per mille — 6 months; above 0.7 per mille or for evading the check — 1 year.

Can the test result be re-checked?

Yes — within 2 hours, by clinical-laboratory examination; if intoxication is not confirmed, the person is released from liability.

From when is the suspension period counted?

From the delivery of the decision; the decision counts as executed from the day it enters into legal force.

What threatens driving during the suspension?

A 2000 GEL fine, administrative arrest from 5 to 15 days and a 1-year extension of the suspension term.

5 min·25 Sep 2026

When and for How Long the Driving Right Is Suspended

A citizen driving right may be suspended for up to 3 years for a gross or systematic violation of the rules of its use, and the suspension period cannot be shorter than 15 days. A person who uses a vehicle because of a disability status cannot have the driving right suspended — except where that person drives a vehicle in a state of alcoholic intoxication. The road-traffic legislation adds a separate suspension ground connected with the exhaustion of the points on a driving licence; that is a distinct regime requiring its own line of appeal.

Alcohol-related suspensions are precisely graded: where the ethanol concentration in the driver blood exceeds 0.3 but does not exceed 0.7 per mille, the driving right is suspended for 6 months; where it exceeds 0.7 per mille, or the driver evades the check — for 1 year. Leaving the scene of a road traffic accident carries a fine of 250 GEL together with a 6-month suspension, and failure to obey a police order to stop carries a fine of 500 GEL.