1. A person whose motor vehicle license or operating privilege has been denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked as provided in this chapter, and who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while the license or privilege is denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked, commits a serious misdemeanor.
2. However, a person whose license or operating privilege has been revoked under section 321.209, and who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while the license or privilege is revoked, commits a serious misdemeanor.
3. The sentence imposed under this section shall not be suspended by the court, notwithstanding section 907.3 or any other statute.
4. The department, upon receiving the record of the conviction of a person under this section upon a charge of operating a motor vehicle while the license of the person is suspended or revoked, shall, except for licenses suspended under section 321.210, subsection 1, paragraph "c", 321.210A, or 321.513, extend the period of suspension or revocation for an additional like period, and the department shall not issue a new motor vehicle license to the person during the additional period.
If the department receives a record of a conviction of a person under this section but the person's driving record does not indicate what the original grounds of suspension were, the period of suspension under this subsection shall be for a period not to exceed six months.
5. A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state when disqualified from operating the commercial motor vehicle under section 321.208 commits a simple misdemeanor if a commercial driver's license is required for the person to operate the commercial motor vehicle.
6. The department, upon receiving the record of a conviction of a person under this section upon a charge of operating a commercial motor vehicle while the person is disqualified shall extend the period of disqualification for an additional like period.
[C31, 35, § 4960-d34, -d51; C39, § 5015.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.218; 82 Acts, ch 1167, § 4]
84 Acts, ch 1142, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 195, § 36; 86 Acts, ch 1220, § 34; 89 Acts, ch 83, §43; 90 Acts, ch 1230, § 60; 93 Acts, ch 164, § 4; 95 Acts, ch 48, §4
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