46.2-341.21 - Driving while disqualified; penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-341.21. Driving while disqualified; penalties.

No person whose privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle has beensuspended or revoked or who has been disqualified from operating a commercialmotor vehicle or who has been ordered out of service, and who has been givennotice of, or reasonably should know of the suspension, revocation,disqualification, or out-of-service order shall operate a commercial motorvehicle anywhere in the Commonwealth until the period of such suspension,revocation, disqualification, or out-of-service order has terminated, norshall any person operate on any highway any vehicle that has been declaredout of service until such time as the out-of-service declaration has beenlifted.

Any person who violates this section shall, for the first offense, be guiltyof a Class 2 misdemeanor, and for the second or any subsequent offense, beguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; however, if the offense is the violation ofan out-of-service order, the minimum mandatory fine shall be $2,500 for anyperson so convicted of a first offense and $5,000 for a person convicted of asecond or subsequent offense. Upon receipt of a record of a violation of thissection, the Commissioner shall impose an additional disqualification inaccordance with the provisions of §§ 46.2-341.18 and 46.2-341.18:01.

(1989, c. 705, § 46.1-372.20; 1990, c. 218; 1995, cc. 145, 151; 2005, c. 513;2008, c. 190.)