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§ 13-705.1. Suspension of vehicle registration for driving with suspended or revoked license

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportation

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 13. Vehicle Laws--Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Offenses Against Registration OR Certificate of Title Laws; Cancellation, Suspension, and Revocation (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-705.1
§ 13-705.1. Suspension of vehicle registration for driving with suspended or revoked license
Currentness
Suspension of registration
(a) If a person is convicted of driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while the driver's license of the person is suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article, the Administration may, after a hearing, suspend, for not more than 120 days, the registration of the motor vehicle.
Exceptions to suspension of registration
(b) The Administration may not suspend the registration of the motor vehicle if:
(1) The motor vehicle was operated by anyone other than the registered owner with his implied or express consent, and the registered owner neither knew nor should have known that the driver's license of the operator was suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article; or
(2) The motor vehicle was operated by anyone other than the registered owner without his implied or express consent; or
(3) The motor vehicle is used as a common carrier or vehicle for hire and the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle was not a consenting party or privy to the unlawful action of the operator of the motor vehicle; or
(4) The motor vehicle was operated after being obtained by the violator through duress or coercion from an owner or co-owner who is a member of the immediate family of the violator.
Burden of proof
(c) The Administration shall bear the burden of proving that the registered owner knew or should have known that the driver's license of the operator of the vehicle was suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article.

Credits

Added by Acts 1982, c. 94. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 8; Acts 1983, c. 288; Acts 1989, c. 284; Acts 1992, c. 22, § 1; Acts 1997, c. 14, § 1, eff. April 8, 1997; Acts 2002, c. 213, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 13, eff. April 12, 2005.
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-705.1, MD TRANS § 13-705.1
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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