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Driving Under
a License Suspension
R.C. §4507.02
There are just over 7 million licensed drivers in the State of Ohio. Amazingly, the State will suspend the driver's licenses of over 17,000 individuals each week, for a yearly total of over 884,000 license suspensions per year (over 12.6% of the State's total driver licensed population). Because of the reckless abandon with which Ohio suspends its citizens' drivers' licenses, this traffic offense impacts doctors, lawyers and judges just as frequently as laborers, housewives and students. The offense of DUS recognizes no social or economic boundaries.
The following are some of the causes for obtaining a driver's license suspension in Ohio. Understand that each suspension has a different set of complex conditions for the return of a valid driver's license with full driving privileges.
1. Receiving 12 Points Within Two Years
2. Reckless Operation
3. Anabolic Steroid Use/Distribution
4. Lying in Applying for a License
5. Using Vehicle to Commit a Felony
6. Hit & Skip
7. Drag Racing
8. Fleeing & Eluding Police
9. Trafficking in Cigarettes
10. Agg. & Vehic. Homicide, & Agg. Vehic. Assault
11. Solicitation for Prostitution
12. Abusing Harmful Intoxicants
13. Cultivation of Marijuana
14. Deception to Obtain Dangerous Drugs
15. Habitual Truant/High School Dropout]
16. Driving Under an F.R.A. Suspension
17. Driving In Violation of License Restrictions
18. Driving Without Paying DUI Reinstatement Fees
19. Driving Under a Non Otherwise Specified Suspension
20. Driving Under a DUI Suspension or Beyond Privileges
21. Drug Abuse Instruments
22. Endangering Children
23. Failure to Stop for a School Bus
24. Failure to Appear/Satisfy Judgment
25. Trafficking in Harmful Intoxicants
26. Dispensing of Drug Samples
27. Illegal Processing of Drug Documents
28. Underage Violation of Liquor Laws
29. Violation of Juvenile License Probationary Period
30. Juvenile Adjudication for Drug Related Offense
31. Mentally Ill/Incompetent Person
32. Permitting Drug Abuse
33. Counterfeit Controlled Substance
34. Corrupting Another With Drugs
35. Trafficking in Drugs
36. Causing Death While Fleeing Police
37. Failure to Appear/Satisfy Judgment
38. Commercial Driver DUI Offender
39. Committing Felony in a Commercial Vehicle
40. Commercial Driver Serious Traffic Offender
41. Commercial Driver Implied Consent
42. Alteration of Operator's License
43. Drug Paraphernalia
44. Drug Abuse
45. Medical Condition
46. Being an Alcoholic or a Drug Addict
47. Juvenile Adjudication for Drug Related Offense
48. Mental/Physical Disability Affecting Ability To Drive
49. Being Unable to Understand Traffic Signs
50. Having an Out-of-State License Suspension
51. Judgment Resulting From Auto Accident
52. Failing to Provide Security Following Accident
53. National Driver Registry
54. Drug Offense Conviction
55. Underage DUI Conviction
56. Driving While Under a Previous DUI Suspension
57. Being Adjudicated an Unruly Child
58. Being Adjudicated a Delinquent Child
59. Being Adjudicate a Juvenile Traffic Offender
60. Child Support Default for a Commercial Driver
61. Child Support Default for a Non-Commercial Driver
62. DUI Conviction
63. FRA Suspension
64. Nonresident Violator Compact
While there are many ways of acquiring a driver's license suspension, there are fewer ways of being criminally charged with a violation of DUS. They are as follows:
DUS Violation Offense Name
Driving Under a Financial Responsibility Act Suspension (FRA).
Driving in Violation of You Operator's License Restrictions.
Driving Without Paying a DUI Reinstatement Fee.
Driving Under a Suspension (for reasons other than an FRA).
Driving Under DUI Suspension/Beyond Granted Privileges.
As can be seen from the graphs below, the consequences of merely being arrested, let alone convicted of DUS are staggering. The towing and impoundment fees alone can easily exceed $500. And these fees are independent of, and in addition to, the criminal fine of up to $1,000, plus up to one year jail time.
Penalties for Driving Under an FRA Suspension
[violation of R.C. §4507.02(B)(1)1]
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1 Or a similar municipal ordinance. R.C §4507.361.
2 For a violation of R.C. §4507.02(B)(1). Previous convictions for other types/forms of DUS offenses do not accumulate.
3 Only if the vehicle is owned by the driver.
4 Impoundment, Immobilization and Forfeiture are mandatory. R.C. §4507.99(E). Also, the trial court may impound the plates of all other vehicles registered to the offender. R.C. §4507.164.
Penalties for Driving Under a DUI Suspension
[violation of R.C. §4507.02(D)(2)1]
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1 Or a similar municipal ordinance. R.C §4507.361.
2 For a violation of R.C. §4507.02(D)(2) or a substantially similar municipal ordinance. Previous convictions for other types of DUS offenses do not accumulate.
3 Some suspension is mandatory, but could be for only one day. R.C. §4507.99(B)(4).
4 Only if the vehicle is owned by the driver.
5 Impoundment, Immobilization and Forfeiture are mandatory. R.C. §4507.99(E). Also, the trial court may impound the plates of all other vehicles registered to the offender. R.C. §4507.164.
6 Or may impose 30 up to 180 days of electronically monitored house arrest (EMHA). R.C. §4507.99(B)(1). Any EMHA only after a finding, entered on the record, that within 60 days there will be no room for the offender to begin serving his time. R.C. §4507.99(B)(6).
7 Or may impose 90 days up to one year EMHA. R.C. §4507.99(B)(2).
8 No EMHA allowed. R.C. §4507.99(B)(3).
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