If Your Driver's License is Suspended, Don't Get Behind the Wheel
Warning: If your driver's license has been suspended for DUI or any other reason and you will be surrendering your drivers license be sure that you have someone available to drive you home. It is a common practice for police to pull over drivers who have just surrendered their licenses, often as they are leaving the parking lot of the Courthouse.
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Contact us today to speak to an attorney about how to avoid the serious consequences of a charge of driving with a suspended license.
There are three different types of driving with a suspended drivers license charges in Pennsylvania. They are known in the legal code as sections 1543a, 1543b and 1543b(i). The level of citation you receive will determine the severity of the consequences you may face.
A citation for driving with a suspended license under 1543a is issued when your license is suspended for reasons other than a DUI. Those reasons may include reckless driving, failure to respond to a ticket or accumulating too many points on your license. The consequences include a fine, additional license suspension period and the possibility of jail time.
If you are charged with driving with a suspended license under section 1543b, it is because your suspension is due, at least in part, to a DUI. You face a hefty fine, lengthy additional license suspension and mandatory jail time. Multiple offenses will increase the time you may have to spend in jail and your drivers license suspension.
Under section 1543b(i), if your driver's license was suspended for DUI and you have even minimal alcohol in your system at the time of the traffic stop, you may face 90 days in jail and a year added to your driver's license suspension period.
What about an Occupational Limited ("Bread-And-Butter") License?
You may entitled to a PA Occupational Limited ("bread-and-butter") License which would enable you to drive for work, medical treatment or schooling during the term of the suspension. Such licenses may be available to all first-offenders after the person serves a 60-day full license suspension. To receive an Occupational Limited License, you must apply with PennDOT.
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At the law firm of Fiore & Barber, LLC, our lawyers have a proven record of success in negotiating a reduction in the severity of consequences and in finding problems in the procedure or paperwork that can lead to a driving with a suspended license charge being dropped altogether. Contact us today to schedule a free consultation with an experienced criminal defense attorney.
Our office is conveniently located in Harleysville, halfway between Philadelphia and Allentown. We serve clients in the greater Norristown area and throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.
