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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 16:13:23+00:00

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Trying to Get Your License Back?
Sometimes, it makes sense to provide clients with legal advice by the hour, with a complimentary hard-copy “guide.” We offer this service to those who have a revoked license and who would like a plan for how to get their driving privileges restored. If you have a pending charge and hire our Fairfax criminal defense attorney, there is no extra fee to apply for a restricted license (if it is allowed by the court).
Depending upon the facts and a person’s prior record, a conviction (always a criminal offense), may be a Class 1 misdemeanor or a Class 6 felony. A conviction could also include mandatory jail time in the case of a habitual offender. On this page, our Fairfax DUI attorney covers this offense in some detail, though not in-full. This is due to the complex nature of this offense. We encourage you to speak with a local Fairfax DUI lawyer.
Similarly, do not confuse this offense with “Driving with a suspended or revoked license,” (46.2-301).
In Virginia, there are numerous ways by which a person’s license may be suspended or revoked. iv One of the most common ways follows a DWI conviction or conviction of a violation related to DWI.
a habitual offender may be punished by a felony carrying an enhanced mandatory minimum jail term.
A fine up to $2,500.
Additionally, the law ii punishes persons convicted of this violation by administrative revocation (the individual’s license will be revoked upon arrest, even before trial, in the event of administrative revocation).
[I]t shall be a violation . . . for any person whose privilege to drive or operate a motor vehicle has been restricted, suspended or revoked because of a violation of [5 Code sections listed], or a similar ordinance or law of another state or the United States to drive or operate a motor vehicle while he has a blood alcohol content of 0.02 percent or more.
§ 18.2-36.1. Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter.
§ 46.2-341.24. Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc.
The punishment provisions contained in this law ii are enhanced (amplified) for a convicted habitual offender. v If deemed a habitual offender, there could be mandatory jail time. Mandatory time is jail time to be actively served.
If alleged to be a habitual offender, and the driving is not alleged to have been reckless (or, so dangerous so as to endanger life, limb, or property), then the offense includes a mandatory 10 day jail sentence.
If a person has been convicted of a violation requiring an ignition interlock device, it is itself a Class 1 misdemeanor. Additionally, he or she faces administrative license revocation.
As you can probably tell, the laws in Virginia which specify the punishments for drivers convicted of violations of driving while their privileges do not exist or are suspended are very complex and severe. If you are facing a charge in Northern Virginia, speak with our Fairfax criminal lawyer for a case evaluation.
Although the Vincenzes Law Firm is located in Fairfax, Virginia, our criminal defense attorney may be able to help defend your case not just in Fairfax County, but also in other areas, including – but not limited to – Prince William County, Spotsylvania County, Arlington County, Loudoun County, and the Cities and Towns of Manassas, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Fairfax, Herndon, Vienna, and Alexandria.
[i] § 46.2-300. Driving without license prohibited; penalties.
[ii] § 18.2-272. Driving after forfeiture of license.
[iii] To analyze the frequency of specific offenses based on arrest records in Fairfax County, the number of arrests was divided by total arrests during a weekly period in 2013.
[v] § 46.2-357. Operation of motor vehicle or self-propelled machinery or equipment by habitual offender prohibited; penalty; enforcement of section.
[vi] § 46.2-301. Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked.

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