Driving Without a License, or While Suspended
K.S.A. 8-262 — a class B misdemeanor the first time, class A after, and 90 more days added to the suspension
No one, except those the law exempts, drives a motor vehicle on a highway in Kansas without a valid driver's license.
Who handles this in Kansas: Johnson County Bar Association, Find a Lawyer; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Kansas directory.
Driving on a highway while the privilege to drive is canceled, suspended or revoked is a class B nonperson misdemeanor on a first conviction and a class A nonperson misdemeanor on a second or later one.
- A conviction while suspended or revoked for most reasons brings at least five days of confinement.
- Driving while revoked or suspended extends the suspension or revocation by an additional period of 90 days.
- No one is convicted who was entitled, at the time of arrest, to have the license returned.
Sources for this section (2)
- K.S.A. 8-235 — Drivers' licenses required; exercise of privileges granted licensees; city license, when; appeal from denial of license; penalty; motorized bicycle driver's license
- K.S.A. 8-262 — Driving while license canceled, suspended or revoked; criminal penalty; fine; confinement required in certain circumstances; extension of time of suspension or revocation
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kansas attorney.