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Ind. Code § 9-30-10-16

Operating a motor vehicle while privileges are suspended; Level 6 felony

Applied in 53 court decisions — leading case Purcell v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Arnold Tuell v. State of Indiana (January 2019)

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.18

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Sec. 16. (a) A person who operates a motor vehicle:

(1) while the person's driving privileges are validly suspended under this chapter or IC 9-12-2 (repealed July 1, 1991) and the person knows that the person's driving privileges are suspended; or

(2) in violation of restrictions imposed under this chapter or IC 9-12-2 (repealed July 1, 1991) and who knows of the existence of the restrictions;

commits a Level 6 felony.

(b) Service by the bureau of notice of the suspension or restriction of a person's driving privileges under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2):

(1) in compliance with section 5 of this chapter; and

(2) by first class mail, or electronically if the person has indicated a preference for receiving notices from the bureau electronically, to the person at the last address shown for the person in the bureau's records;

establishes a rebuttable presumption that the person knows that the person's driving privileges are suspended or restricted.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.