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Alaska Statutes.

Title 28. Motor Vehicles

Chapter 15. Drivers' Licenses

Section 291. Driving While License Canceled, Suspended, Revoked, or in Violation of a Limitation.

AS 28.15.291. Driving While License Canceled, Suspended, Revoked, or in Violation of a Limitation.

(a) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person

(1) drives a motor vehicle on a highway or vehicular way or area at a time when that person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license has been canceled, suspended, or revoked in this or another jurisdiction; or

(2) drives in violation of a limitation placed upon that person's license or privilege to drive in this or another jurisdiction.

(b) Upon conviction under (a) of this section, the court

(1) shall impose a minimum sentence of imprisonment

(A) if the person has not been previously convicted, of not less than 10 days with 10 days suspended, including a mandatory condition of probation that the defendant complete not less than 80 hours of community work service;

(B) if the person has been previously convicted, of not less than 10 days;

(C) if the person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license was revoked under circumstances described in AS 28.15.181 (c)(1), or if the person was driving in violation of a limited license issued under AS 28.15.201 (d) following that revocation, of not less than 20 days with 10 days suspended, and a fine of not less than $500, including a mandatory condition of probation that the defendant complete not less than 80 hours of community work service;

(D) if the person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license was revoked under circumstances described in AS 28.15.181 (c)(2), (3), or (4) or if the person was driving in violation of a limited license issued under AS 28.15.201 (d) following that revocation, of not less than 30 days and a fine of not less than $1,000;

(2) may impose additional conditions of probation;

(3) may not

(A) suspend execution of sentence or grant probation except on condition that the person serve a minimum term of imprisonment and perform required community work service as provided in (1) of this subsection;

(B) suspend imposition of sentence;

(4) shall revoke the person's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license, and the person may not be issued a new license or a limited license nor may the privilege to drive or obtain a license be restored for an additional period of not less than 90 days after the date that the person would have been entitled to restoration of driving privileges; and

(5) may order that the motor vehicle that was used in commission of the offense be forfeited under AS 28.35.036 .

(c) In this section, "previously convicted" means having been convicted in this or another jurisdiction, within 10 years preceding the date of the present offense, of a violation of this section, of AS 28.33.150, or another law or ordinance with substantially similar elements.

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Last modified 9/3/2005