Operating a motor vehicle while privileges are suspended; Class D
felony; Class A misdemeanor
Sec. 16. (a) A person who operates a motor vehicle:
(1) while the person's driving privileges are validly suspended
under this chapter or IC 9-12-2 (repealed July 1, 1991) and the
person knows that the person's driving privileges are suspended;
or
(2) in violation of restrictions imposed under this chapter or
IC 9-12-2 (repealed July 1, 1991) and who knows of the
existence of the restrictions;
commits a Class D felony.
(b) Service by the bureau of notice of the suspension or restriction
of a person's driving privileges under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2):
(1) in compliance with section 5 of this chapter; and
(2) by first class mail to the person at the last address shown for
the person in the bureau's records;
establishes a rebuttable presumption that the person knows that the
person's driving privileges are suspended or restricted.
(c) In addition to any criminal penalty, a person who is convicted
of a felony under subsection (a) forfeits the privilege of operating a
motor vehicle for life. However, if judgment for conviction of a
Class A misdemeanor is entered for an offense under subsection (a),
the court may order a period of suspension of the convicted person's
driving privileges that is in addition to any suspension of driving
privileges already imposed upon the person.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.1-1993, SEC.62;
P.L.1-1994, SEC.41; P.L.120-2000, SEC.2; P.L.1-2001, SEC.9.
Last modified: May 27, 2006