Driving While Suspended - Driving on Suspended License in Maryland - License Suspension Md

Driving While Suspended - Driving on Suspended License in Maryland - License Suspension Md

Written by Traffic Defense Attorney and Driving on Suspended Lawyer - G. Randolph Rice, Jr., 410-288-2900 on June 13, 2012

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Driving on a Suspended License - Everything you ever want to know about driving on or while your license is suspended in Maryland

Maryland Driving on Suspended License Penalty - Contact Maryland Driving While Suspended Lawyer G. Randolph Rice, Jr., at 410-288-2900 to discuss your traffic citations, insurance consequences, MVA points, and how to defend your driving on suspended charges.  We offer free no-obligation consultations to drivers charged with a license suspension in Maryland.

Contact Attorney G. Randolph Rice, Jr., at 410-288-2900 (24/7).

Most people that have never had a traffic ticket are surprised to learn that driving on a suspended license in Maryland is a "must appear" ticket and carries the potential for jail time.  If it is your first offense for driving on suspended license, then you are probably not going to go to jail, so stop planning your escape to Mexico.  If your license or privilege to drive in Maryland has been suspended, canceled, or revoked, there are answers and a chance to fix the problem before you go to Court.  Contact my office at 410-288-2900 for immediate help and ask for Attorney G. Randolph Rice, Jr.

Driving while suspended (16-303) citations are charged in the District Court of Maryland and that is where you will have to appear to answer the charges of driving while suspended. Driving on suspended licence charges in Maryland as classified as misdemeanors. As an attorney that appears in the District and Circuit Court on a daily basis, I would bet I handle at least 2-4 driving while suspended cases a week in the District Courts for Maryland.   Most of the case that we see result in drivers that are pulled over while they are suspended for failing to appear for a trial date on a much less serious traffic offense.  In 2011, the Maryland legislature change the requirement for all "payable" traffic citations in Maryland.  Before January 2011, if you received a traffic ticket and the maximum penalty was a fine, then you would receive a Court date in the mail about 4-6 weeks after the traffic stop.  Now, if you are charged with a "payable" ticket, then you have to request either a waiver or trial date within 30 days or you have to pay the ticket within that 30 days after the stop.  What most people do is they place the ticket in their glove compartment and forget about the ticket.  After that 30 day period the MVA notifies the Court and the Court then tells the MVA that you have failed to take action on the ticket.  The Court then orders the MVA to suspend your license until you pay the ticket.  This inaction by drivers leads to most of the cases of driving on a suspended license.  If you fail to pay that fine and you are pulled over then the police will charge with you Transportation Article 16-303(h).  If you are charged with 16-303(h) then you are facing a maximum penalty of 60 days and $500.00 fine or both.  

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Driving on Suspended License in Maryland::Penalty for Driving on Suspended License in Maryland

Driving Motor Vehicle on Highway on Suspended License and Privilege to Drive in Maryland - Call 410-288-2900 for immediate help.

Have you been charged with driving on suspended license in Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City Maryland.  Contact the driving on suspended license defense attorney G. Randolph Rice, Jr., at 410-288-2900.

Mr. Rice is a private attorney that has helped thousands of clients defend and resolve their driving on suspended driver’s license charges.

What is the penalty for Driving on Suspended Driver’s License in Maryland?

It depends on the subsection of the traffic code that you are charged with.

Penalties -- $500 and 2 months. -- Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of the following sections of this article is subject to a fine of not more than $ 500 or imprisonment for not more than 2 months or both:
§ 16-303(h) ("Licenses suspended under certain provisions of Code");
§ 16-303(i) ("Licenses suspended under certain provisions of the traffic laws or regulations of another state");

Penalties -- $1,000 and 1 year; $1,000 and 2 years. -- Any person who is convicted of a violation § 16-303(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this article ("Driving while license is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked")
For a first offense, a fine of not more than $ 1,000, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both; and
For any subsequent offense, a fine of not more than $ 1,000, or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

Is driving on a suspended license a felony or misdemeanor in Maryland?

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Criminal Lawyer in Baltimore, Maryland (Md)

Criminal Lawyer in Baltimore, Md.

If you are facing criminal charges in Baltimore County, Harford County, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Ocean City, or any other District or Circuit Court in Maryland, you need to contact the experienced and trusted criminal defense lawyer G. Randolph Rice, Jr., at 410-288-2900.

Mr. Rice is the owner and founder of the Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC, and a former Assistant State’s Attorney.  His years of experience and the hundreds of clients he has assisted in resolving their criminal, dui, dwi, and traffic violation cases will prove invaluable in your case.  Contact the office at 410-288-2900 for immediate help, available 24/7 to help.

Mr. Rice is not a bankruptcy lawyer, he isn’t a tax lawyer, he handles criminal cases and focuses his practice on criminal cases.  He has represented client in cases from murder to littering to everything in-between.  Don’t wait till the last minute, if you don’t act fast, you could be waiving some of your constitutional rights through inaction.  Let Mr. Rice worry about the legal process allowing you to focus on returning to a normal life.

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