She took herself to a police station in Beverley Hills and was released on a £15,000 ($30,000) bail.
According to the official Los Angeles Sheriff's Department website, Lindsay was held in custody for about an hour around 4pm.
She is scheduled to go to court on August 24 and a prison sentence, like the one received by her on/off pal PARIS HILTON, is possible.
Lindsay was first in trouble with police in May when she crashed her Mercedes SL-65 convertible on LA's Sunset Boulevard.
Cops investigating found what they believe was a "useable amount" of cocaine at the scene but refused to say where the drug was found.
Meanwhile the fruity actress made a meal of eating just ONE cherry.
Instead of chomping it down in one go, she looked at it lovingly, smiled at it and sucked it like a lollipop.
Lindsay was snapped at a West Hollywood eaterie.
The actress has given up alcohol after the DUI incident and a stint in rehab.
But her booze-free outings are sending her loopy if you ask me.