Drive For Lyft With A DUI

Even if you have paid all of the penalties, got your license reinstated, and had no more legal difficulties since your DUI, you will not pass a background check to drive for Lyft if you have a DUI conviction that is less than seven years old.

Requirements for and Lyft Drivers

Before allowing you to work as a ride-share driver, both and Lyft examine your driving and criminal backgrounds. To become a driver, you must meet the following requirements:

Within the last three years, there had been no more than three traffic violations.

In the past seven years, there have been no DUI/DUIs or reckless driving violations.

If you’re driving in California, you haven’t had any drunk driving infractions in the last ten years.

Within the last three years, there have been no speeding offenses over 20 miles per hour over the speed limit.

Lyft has a comparable set of requirements:

In the previous three years, no more than three minor traffic offenses (e.g., speeding, running a stop sign) were committed.

Within the last three years, there have been no major traffic offenses (e.g., reckless driving).

Within the last seven years, there have been no DUI/DUIs or drug-related driving offenses.

In the last seven years, there have been no felony convictions related to driving (e.g., vehicular assault, hit-and-run).

There are no exceptions to the seven-year restriction for DUI convictions at either company. If you are already facing DUI charges and want to drive for Lyft, it is critical that you do not get convicted of the crime. You may benefit from the services of an attorney. If your arrest was the result of a wrongful arrest, an attorney may be able to raise enough reasonable doubt to have your accusation dismissed or reduced to a lesser charge.

The most popular is to request that your DUI conviction not be made public. Learn more about a DUI charge being dismissed.

DUI Convictions Aren’t Revealed

In some situations, a new Texas law passed in 2017 allows for the non-disclosure of DUI convictions. Non-disclosure implies that your conviction is officially on your record, but it is sealed and hence unavailable to anyone conducting a background check. The following are the requirements for having your DUI conviction sealed:

It was your first time getting a DUI. First, you have to learn when a DUI becomes a crime.

You had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of less than 0.15 percent. Learn what to do if the police claim your blood alcohol level is higher than.08 percent but you know it isn’t true.

You’ve completed your sentence and paid all of your court costs.

You’ve served your mandatory waiting time, which is normally two years but could be shorter if your sentence was merely a fine.