Legal Question in DUI Law in Minnesota

This probably has more to do with WI law than MN law. To answer you question, the state may require you to take alcohol awareness classes. Most likely, this would addressed in your sentencing. This really is not treatment, which would be in addition to these type of classes. This probably goes back to the sentencing in the 1989 case. Since you did not state that you were a WI resident at the time of the DUI, I assume you were a MN resident. There are other facts that you need to disclose before you can get a complete answer regarding you situation.

First, two state issues related to a DWI license revocation are always difficult.

Second, Minnesota, and most states, will not issue or renew a license if the driver is suspended, revoked or cancelled in another state. As a result, the driver must take necessary steps to reinstate in the location where the license was suspended, revoked or cancelled. The Department of Public Safety or Motor Vehicles may set the criteria necessary for reinstatement which often includes an alcohol education class.

The bottom line is that you will have to jump through the necessary hoops in WIsconsin to reinstate in minnesota. The matter would be even more complicated if you held a Minnesota license when you received the Wisconsin DWI.

You will need to do whatever Wisconsin needs you to do in order to get your driving status in Wisconsin cleared and reinstated. Once that happens, they should notify Minnesota under the Interstate Compact on Drivers Licenses. Step one: contact the Wisconsin Drivers License agency, find out what they need you to do, then do it. It doesn't matter what a treatment provider thinks you should do, you need to do what the Wisconsin drivers license authority wants you to do.