The Driver Licensing Act of the Utah Public Safety Code governs many aspects of obtaining and maintaining driving privileges in the State of Utah. Utah code 53-3-227 prohibits driving a motor vehicle while the driver’s driving privilege is denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked.
Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, LLP, defends clients arrested for allegedly driving while their licenses were suspended. Call (801) 532-5297 to have our criminal defense attorneys review your traffic crime case and answer all of your legal questions.
A person who drives while their driving privilege has been denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked can be charged with a criminal offense charged as a class C misdemeanor.
A person may be convicted of a class C misdemeanor for driving a motor vehicle with a license that is denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked.
The crime of driving on a suspended, disqualified or revoked driver's license becomes a class B misdemeanor if the driver's license was denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked for, among other things (some of which are listed below), an alcohol-related prior offense.
The charge can be filed as a class B misdemeanor if the person's conviction is based on the person driving a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is suspended, disqualified, or revoked for any* of the following:
*See the full list and details on the Utah code website.
Additionally, a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person's conviction is based on the person driving a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is suspended, disqualified, or revoked by any state, the United States, or any district, possession, or territory of the United States for violations corresponding to the violations above (from subsection 3).
If you were arrested for a class C or a class B misdemeanor for driving with a suspended driver license, contact an experienced criminal defense attorney at Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat.
Contact us to discuss how to defend and contest the charges, which could include showing that the traffic stop was in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Additionally, in many of these cases, an attorney can help you get your driving privileges reinstated so that the prosecutor and the court know that the crime will not happen again.
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