2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.218 - OPERATING WITHOUT VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR WHEN DISQUALIFIED -- PENALTIES.

        321.218  OPERATING WITHOUT VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
      WHEN DISQUALIFIED -- PENALTIES.
         1.  A person whose driver's license or operating privilege has
      been denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked as provided in this
      chapter or as provided in section 252J.8 or section 901.5, subsection
      10, and who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state
      while the license or privilege is denied, canceled, suspended, or
      revoked, commits a simple misdemeanor.  In addition to any other
      penalties, the punishment imposed for a violation of this subsection
      shall include assessment of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty
      dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.
         2.  The sentence imposed under this section shall not be suspended
      by the court, notwithstanding section 907.3 or any other statute.
         3. a.  The department, upon receiving the record of the
      conviction of a person under this section upon a charge of operating
      a motor vehicle while the license of the person is suspended or
      revoked, shall, except for licenses suspended under section 252J.8,
      321.210, subsection 1, paragraph "c", or section 321.210A or
      321.513, extend the period of suspension or revocation for an
      additional like period or for one year, whichever period is shorter,
      and the department shall not issue a new driver's license to the
      person during the extended period.
         b.  If the department receives a record of a conviction of a
      person under this section but the person's driving record does not
      indicate what the original grounds of suspension were, the period of
      suspension under this subsection shall be for a period not to exceed
      six months.
         4.  A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the
      highways of this state when disqualified from operating the
      commercial motor vehicle under section 321.208 or the imminent hazard
      provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 383.52 commits a serious misdemeanor if a
      commercial driver's license is required for the person to operate the
      commercial motor vehicle.
         5.  The department, upon receiving the record of a conviction of a
      person under this section upon a charge of operating a commercial
      motor vehicle while the person is disqualified, shall extend the
      period of disqualification for an additional like period or for the
      time period specified in section 321.208, whichever is longer.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C31, 35, § 4960-d34, -d51; C39, § 5015.03; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.218; 82 Acts, ch 1167, § 4] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1142, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 195, § 36; 86 Acts, ch 1220, §
      34; 89 Acts, ch 83, §43; 90 Acts, ch 1230, § 60; 93 Acts, ch 164, §
      4; 95 Acts, ch 48, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1090, § 6, 7; 97 Acts, ch 104,
      §17; 98 Acts, ch 1073, § 9; 99 Acts, ch 153, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 8,
      §28; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §36; 2009 Acts, ch 130, §12
         Referred to in § 321.211A, 321J.4B