Driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked, crime of, penalty
This law is about driving a big commercial truck or vehicle when a person is not allowed to. If someone's commercial driver license has been taken away, suspended, or cancelled because of past violations, and they drive anyway, that is a crime. The first time is a misdemeanor. It becomes a more serious felony crime if a person keeps doing it multiple times, especially within ten years, and had served jail time before for the same thing.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
302.727. Driving a while , crime of, . — 1. A person commits the of driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked if such person operates a commercial motor vehicle when, as a result of prior violations committed operating a commercial motor vehicle, the driver's is revoked, , or , or the driver is from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
2. Any person of driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked is guilty of a . Any person with no s as defined in section 302.525, convicted a fourth or subsequent time of driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked or a of driving a commercial motor vehicle while suspended or revoked where the judge in such case was an attorney and the was represented by or the right to an attorney in writing, and where the prior three driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked offenses occurred within ten years of the date of of the present offense and where the person received and a sentence of ten days or more on such previous offenses; and any person with a prior alcohol-related enforcement contact as defined in section 302.525, convicted a third or subsequent time of driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked or a county or municipal ordinance of driving a commercial motor vehicle while suspended or revoked where the judge in such case was an attorney and the defendant was represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing, and where the prior two driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked offenses occurred within ten years of the date of occurrence of the present offense and where the person received and served a sentence of ten days or more on such previous offenses is guilty of a . No court shall the as to such a person nor sentence such person to pay a fine a term of imprisonment, nor shall such person be eligible for or until he or she has served a minimum of forty-eight hours of imprisonment, unless as a condition of such parole or probation, such person performs at least ten days involving at least forty hours of under the supervision of the court in those jurisdictions which have a program for community service. Driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked is a class E felony on the second or subsequent section 577.010 or a fourth or subsequent conviction for any other offense.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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