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K.S.A. 8-254

Mandatory revocation of driver's license by division of vehicles; exceptions for court imposed restrictions

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Lee v. State (1961)

Most recently applied in New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles v. Egan (July 1986)

L. 1937, ch. 73, § 21; L. 1943, ch. 82, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 25; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 22; L. 1963, ch. 53, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 51, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 36, § …

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(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the division shall revoke a person's driving privileges upon receiving a record of the person's conviction of any of the following offenses, including municipal violations, when the conviction has become final, or upon receiving a record of a person's adjudication as a juvenile offender for commission of an act which, if committed by a person 18 or more years of age, would constitute any of the following offenses when the adjudication has become final:

(1) Involuntary manslaughter, as defined in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 21-5405 , and amendments thereto, if the crime is committed while committing a violation of K.S.A. 8-1566 or subsection (a) of 8-1568 , and amendments thereto, or the ordinance of a city or resolution of a county which prohibits any acts prohibited by those statutes;

(2) vehicular homicide, as defined in K.S.A. 21-5406 , and amendments thereto;

(3) battery, as defined in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 21-5413 , and amendments thereto, if the crime is committed while committing a violation of K.S.A. 8-1566 or 8-1568 , and amendments thereto, or the ordinance of a city or resolution of a county which prohibits the acts prohibited by those statutes;

(4) failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another;

(5) conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, upon a charge of reckless driving;

(6) conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated of any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used; or

(7) fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer as provided in K.S.A. 8-1568 , and amendments thereto, or conviction of violation of an ordinance of any city or a law of another state which is in substantial conformity with such statute.

(b) In lieu of revoking a person's driving privileges as provided by subsection (a), the court in which the person is convicted or adjudicated may place restrictions on the person's driving privileges as provided by K.S.A. 8-292 , and amendments thereto, unless the violation was committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2,128 . Driving privileges are to be automatically revoked if the violation which leads to the subsequent conviction occurs in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2,128 .

Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.