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Driving on a Suspended / Revoked / Cancelled License in Arizona - YouTube
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in this video we're talking about a very
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common crime in Arizona it's called
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driving on a suspended or revoked
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license it happens all the time and it's
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a lot more serious than people think so
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let's discuss what the law says we'll
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discuss how your license can be
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suspended or revoked then we'll discuss
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what the penalties are so first and
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foremost the law is pretty simple
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it says under a RS 29 30 473 a that you
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cannot operate a motor vehicle if the
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privilege to drive that motor vehicle
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has been suspended revoked cancelled or
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refused so it's pretty simple the law is
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not real complicated a lot of statutes
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or multiple pages this is about a
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sentence or two sentences and it says
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that if your license is suspended or
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revoked and their different meanings
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there or it's canceled you cannot
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operate a motor vehicle it's pretty
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simple but how can that happen so how
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can somebody's license actually be
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suspended or cancelled well there's a
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number of different ways and so let's
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talk about them the first and foremost
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that we see kind of most common one of
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them is what's called having a criminal
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warrant so if you've been charged with a
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crime and you miss your court date
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whether it's a very serious offense like
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a felony offense or it's something minor
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like criminal speeding and you miss your
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court date I mean you know that you had
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court and you do not go to court and
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they issue a warrant for you the court
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is also going to notify the motor
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vehicle department that you have a
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warrant out for your arrest and the
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motor vehicle department is going to
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suspend your license so until you
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rectify that warrant your license is
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going to be suspended they do that so
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that you lose some privileges if you
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have an outstanding court date you're
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not allowed to drive the car until you
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deal with that court date so having a
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criminal warrant is one way your license
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can be suspended another one that's
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probably even more common is when you
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have unpaid tickets so this can be
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parking tickets civil speeding tickets
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photo radar tickets stuff that's not
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criminal but it still is a moving
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violation if you do not pay those the
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court will put you into what's called
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default judgment they will also notify
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the motor vehicle department this can
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happen if you're out of state as well so
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Arizona is part of what's called an
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interstate compact which
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means Arizona communicates with all of
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the other states so if another state
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like California or New Mexico or Florida
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if you have a suspended license there
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and they send it over to Arizona Arizona
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is gonna honor that it's a little bit
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more nuanced than that because the
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states have different ways that they
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operate but Arizona will honor that
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Arizona will also notify the other
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states as well so if you get a suspended
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license in Arizona Arizona is gonna
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transmit notice of that suspension back
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to your home state so if you have an
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unpaid ticket the court will suspend
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your license they'll notify the MVD DMV
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will suspend your license and you can be
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liable if you're driving for driving on
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a suspended license another thing that
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we see is people will often get too many
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points accumulated on their license so
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too many traffic tickets multiple
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speeding tickets multiple photo radar
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violations and in that event depending
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on the number of points you have Arizona
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will suspend your privilege to drive
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that's kind of the whole point of having
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points if you get too many violations
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your privilege is suspended and no it
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depends on how many points but from
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three months all the way up to a year or
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longer than that also revocation as I
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said earlier revocation is different
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than a suspension the suspension means
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your license is suspended after that
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period of time is up you can get your
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license back a revocation means it's
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revoked your license is gone they are
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taking it away from you it is gone
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unless you go through a process that's
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called a revocation packet you're
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basically having to appeal to the MVD to
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say I've dealt with all the stuff that
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caused the revocation and now I'd like
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my license back but it is gone you do
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not have a license anymore
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we see that most commonly when somebody
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is convicted of a second offense DUI so
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the first offense you get a suspension
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the second offense they actually revoke
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your license it's gone same with other
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criminal traffic violations things like
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reckless driving if you get multiple
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violations or exhibition of speed like
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racing drag racing
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they will also revoke your license if
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you get two of those so this can happen
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in other more serious felonies things
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like manslaughter or that involve an
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accident or aggravated duis will be
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revocations as well but it is something
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that's common it's different it's a
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revocation it's not a suspension so if
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your license has been
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you obviously don't have a license you
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can't drive a car we also see it and
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this is less common but if you have a
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civil judgment that's against you so
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let's say that you will rear-end
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somebody cause a lot of injury they sue
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you personally and the court enters a
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judgment against you for some monetary
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penalty and and you do not uphold those
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payments meaning you basically go into
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default on those payments the court has
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the power is suspend your license same
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with child support issues again less
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common not one that we see a whole lot
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but if you are not paying your child
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support the judge could order that the
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NVD suspend your driving privileges so
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these are really the main ways that we
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see people's a license actually get
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suspended sometimes people do not know
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that their license is suspended we'll
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talk about how that can be a defense but
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these are the ways that it happens and
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if you're driving and you get cited and
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you get stopped and an officer runs your
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driver's license they run your plates
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and they see that your license is
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suspended they're gonna charge you with
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driving on a suspended license as I said
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it's more serious than a lot of people
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would think it's actually a class 1
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misdemeanor this is the highest class of
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misdemeanor offenses that we have in
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Arizona same as a DUI same as most
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domestic violence offenses it's a class
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1 Arizona has a class 1 at the top two
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in the middle and three at the bottom
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three is of the least serious number one
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is the most serious
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so not paying a parking ticket can turn
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into a suspended license can turn into a
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class 1 misdemeanor crime so it's
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important you understand that this is
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not a minor thing
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technically the statute says that you do
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not have to go to jail for this offense
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but you could you could go to jail for
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six months you could have to pay fines
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and fees of $2,500 plus a surcharge on
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top of that could be three to four
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thousand dollars it could be placed on
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probation for five years so there are a
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lot of significant penalties it's
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important to also know that depending on
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what prosecutor's office is handling
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your case it's a criminal case it's
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going to go through the same process as
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a DUI they may ask for jail time if you
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have multiple offenses so I wrote on
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here multiple offenses equals jail so
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you want to be sure that it's not
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something that you're taking lightly
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can turn into a big deal and certainly
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happy to help you through it there's a
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lot of defenses we'll talk about those
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in another video but it's important to
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know driving on a suspended license in
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Arizona it's a class 1 misdemeanor
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penalties are serious so if you have any
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questions about this if you've been
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charged with driving on a suspended
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license give our office a call we offer
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free case evaluation this will run
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through your motor vehicle record with
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you we'll look at your past cases see
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what you need to do to get this stuff
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rectified and then we'll make sure you
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have a good plan moving forward so that
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you can not be convicted of a class 1
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misdemeanor give us a call look forward
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to speaking with you soon thanks for
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watching
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