Driving While Suspended or Revoked?

If you are charged with driving on a suspended or revoked license or you face suspension because of too many moving-violations or points, The KCTRAFFICLAWYER. Law Offices of Timothy R. Tompkins can help. The KCTRAFFICLAWYER has helped 100's of clients in Kansas and Missouri to avoid jail and to get the Driving While Suspended/Revoked charge amended to a no-point or non-moving violation. 

Tim Tompkins represents drivers in the Greater Kansas City area (Kansas and Missouri) who are facing serious traffic charges or administrative license suspensions. We've helped many clients stay out of jail, keep their license or get their driving privileges back.

Driving While License Suspended or Revoked?

The potential consequences are swift and severe for driving while suspended (DWS) or revoked (DWR):

• In Kansas, a DWS/DWR conviction carries a minimum mandatory jail time of five (5) consecutive days, and your license can be suspended for an additional 90 days or more.  Kansas does not have a hardship or limited drivers license available to Kansas drivers.
• In Missouri, the state will suspend your license for 12 months even on a first offense and you can go to jail.

Put skill and experience criminal and traffic defense lawyer on your side. Tim Tompkins will investigate your driving record and determine the reason for the suspension then fight to get the DWS/DWR ticket amended to a lesser charge so new points or suspensions do not occur. He has even prevented many clients with repeat DWS/DWR convictions from going to jail.

Suspension from Moving Violations/Excessive Points

Kansas is a moving violation state, if you receive three (3) moving violations in a year your license will be suspended.

Kansas will suspend you if you are ticketed and convicted for Driving with no Liability Insurance, there are several issues that arise that you must comply with to maintain your driving privileges.

First, Once Driver Control receives notice of this conviction, they will require that you pay a reinstatement fee of $100 and maintain an SR-22 filing with the Driver Control Bureau for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months ( KSA 40-3118 ).

Second, The state legislature has passed NEW fines for convictions of this charge that will make you think twice about driving uninsured. For a first such occurrence, the fine is not less than $ 300 nor more than $ 1,000. And for a second or subsequent conviction within three years of a previous conviction, the fine is not less than $ 800, nor more than $ 2,500 (KSA 40-3104).

Third, This conviction is one of the three necessary convictions used by the Driver Control Bureau to revoke your drivers license under the Kansas "Habitual Driving Statute" for a three year period.  (KSA 8-285)

Missouri operates on a point system. Whether you received a basic speeding ticket or a citation for Driving While Suspended, if that ticket pushes you over the limit you can lose your driving privileges:

• Eight points in 18 months will result in a 30-day suspension or longer.
• 12 points in a 12-month period will trigger a one-year revocation.

KANSAS HABITUAL VIOLATOR LAW

Probably the least understood traffic law, but most devastating to a Kansas driver's driving privileges, is the "Habitual Driving statute". (KSA 8-285, and KSA 8-286.) Kansas labels you as a "habitual violator" if you are convicted of, or plead guilty to, three serious traffic offenses within a five-year period. This means a three-year license revocation with no hardship license. 

A Habitual violator is defined ( KSA 8-285 ) as a Kansas Driver, whom within the immediately preceding five (5) years, has been convicted three or more times of any combination of the following:

• DUI/DWI (Even Diversions) (KSA 8-1567)
• Driving While Suspended/Revoked (KSA 8-262, 8-252a)
• Reckless Driving
• No Proof Of Insurance (KSA 40-3104)
• Failing to Stop at the scene of an accident
• Vehicular homicide (KSA 21-3405)

When you are faced with a license suspension or have been charged as driving while suspended or revoked or termed a "habitual violator" you NEED the KCTRAFFICLAWYER who works to get these offenses amended to a lesser charge to avoid the suspension of your driving privileges. Also, we will work to see that your fines and court costs are absolutely as low as possible.

If you are facing criminal charges for driving with a suspended or revoked license, or risk license revocation because of one too many ticket, call KCTRAFFICLAWYER today at 913-707-HELP (4357) (Kansas) or 816-729-2606 (Missouri) to discuss your case in a FREE, confidential consultation.