Wyandotte County - Unified Government |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 35. TRAFFIC |
Article IV. RECKLESS DRIVING, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, ETC. |
Division 2. DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS |
§ 35-256. Allowing use of a motor vehicle in violation of license suspension or revocation order.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for the owner of a motor vehicle to allow a person to drive such vehicle when such owner knows or reasonably should have know such person was driving in violation of K.S.A. 8-1014.
(b)
Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00. In addition to the fine imposed upon a person convicted of a violation of this section, the court may order that the convicted person's motor vehicle or vehicles be impounded or immobilized for a period not to exceed one year and that the convicted person pay all towing, impoundment, and storage fees or other immobilization costs. Prior to ordering the impoundment or immobilization of any such motor vehicle, the court shall consider the factors established in section 35-250(i)(3). Any personal property in a vehicle impounded or immobilized pursuant to this section may be retrieved prior to or during the period of such impoundment or immobilization.
(Code 1988, § 35-224; Ord. No. O-19-04, § 3, 3-4-2004)
State law reference
Similar provisions, K.S.A. 8-1022.