Riverdale · Weber County · Statewide Practice

DUI & criminal defense in Riverdale.

Riverdale Road is one of the densest retail corridors in northern Utah, and dense retail means constant traffic, constant stops, and a police department that writes a great many citations for a city this size.

I. Where Your Case Is Heard

Riverdale cases and courts.

Riverdale Road is one of the densest retail corridors in northern Utah, and dense retail means constant traffic, constant stops, and a police department that writes a great many citations for a city this size.

Court
Riverdale Justice Court
4600 S Weber River Drive
County
Weber County
Statewide representation
From Our Office
~5 miles south
3856 Washington Blvd, Ogden

Citing agency: Riverdale City Police Department, 4580 S Weber River Dr · 801-394-6616. Booking goes to the Weber County facility — see what happens after booking. For the full county picture, see our Weber County page.

II. Local Knowledge

Riverdale cases, up close.

Four things that actually matter about defending a case from this city.

01

The Riverdale Road corridor

Between the shopping centers, the freeway ramps and the restaurants, Riverdale PD works a stretch of road that carries far more traffic than the city’s population would suggest. Most DUI cases here start as something else — a lane touch, a light, a plate. Whether that first reason was lawful is where the defense starts. See your rights at a stop.

02

A small department with its own court

Riverdale runs both. Cases stay local, calendars are short, and the officer is often in the building. That changes negotiation dynamics in ways a defendant appearing alone will not see.

03

Weber County booking, Riverdale court

You are cited by Riverdale PD but booked at the county facility on Depot Drive in Ogden. Two different places, two different sets of paperwork, one 10-day license clock that started at the arrest.

04

Serious charges leave town

Felonies and class A misdemeanors go to the Second District Court in Ogden. A second DUI within ten years is a class A and moves.

III. How We Work

What happens when you call.

The same four steps on every file, whatever city it came from.

01

Attorney-reviewed from the first call

Our staff answers around the clock and your case goes straight to Brady or Kelly for a free case assessment. No intake queue, no waiting until morning.

02

The DLD hearing filed the day we are retained

Before anything else. The request costs nothing and preserves the license while the case develops. See the 10-day rule.

03

Evidence preserved inside 24 hours

Preservation letters go to the citing agency for dashcam, body camera, dispatch audio and breath-instrument calibration logs, before routine retention schedules delete them.

04

An honest fee, stated up front

A flat fee for the scope of work, agreed before you retain us. No hourly surprises on a criminal defense file.

Common questions.

Which court hears Riverdale DUI cases?
Riverdale Justice Court at 4600 S Weber River Drive handles class B and C misdemeanors. Felonies and class A misdemeanors are filed in the Second District Court.
Where will I be booked if I am arrested in Riverdale?
The Weber County jail, regardless of which agency made the arrest. City police departments do not hold people overnight.
Do you actually appear in Riverdale?
Yes. Riverdale is ~5 miles south of our office at 3856 Washington Blvd in Ogden, and we appear on these calendars regularly. Brady or Kelly handles the appearance personally — not a junior associate.
How fast do I need to act?
On a DUI, within ten calendar days of the arrest. That is the deadline to request a Driver License Division hearing, and it runs from the arrest date whatever the court does. Missing it suspends the license administratively with no hearing at all.