Driving When Privilege Suspended or Revoked
for Other Reasons
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when his or
her driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason
other than those listed in Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5,
if the person so driving has knowledge of the suspension
or revocation. Knowledge shall be conclusively presumed
if mailed notice has been given by the department to the
person pursuant to Section 13106. The presumption established
by this subdivision is a presumption affecting the burden
of proof.
(b) Any person convicted under this section shall be punished
as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not less
than three hundred dollars ($300) or more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(2) If the offense occurred within five years of a prior
offense which resulted in a conviction of a violation of
this section or Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5, by imprisonment
in the county jail for not less than five days or more than
one year and by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars
($500) or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from driving
a motor vehicle, which is owned or utilized by the person's
employer, during the course of employment on private property
which is owned or utilized by the employer, except an offstreet
parking facility as defined in subdivision (d) of Section
12500.
(d) When the prosecution agrees to a plea of guilty or
nolo contendere to a charge of a violation of this section
in satisfaction of, or as a substitute for, an original
charge of a violation of Section 14601.2, and the court
accepts that plea, except, in the interest of justice, when
the court finds it would be inappropriate, the court shall,
pursuant to Section 23575, require the person convicted,
in addition to any other requirements, to install a certified
ignition interlock device on any vehicle that the person
owns or operates for a period not to exceed three years.
(e) This section also applies to the operation of an off-highway
motor vehicle on those lands to which the Chappie-Z'berg
Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 (Division 16.5 (commencing
with Section 38000)) applies as to off-highway motor vehicles,
as described in Section 38001.
Amended Sec. 8, Ch. 1064, Stats. 2000. Effective September
30, 2000.
Amended Sec. 15, Ch. 908, Stats. 2004. Effective January 1,
2005.
