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Kansas Statutes Chapter 8. Automobiles and Other Vehicles § 8-254. Mandatory revocation of driver's license by division of vehicles; exceptions for court imposed restrictions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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.

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