8-1022. Permitting driving in violation of 8-1014; penalties.
8-1022
8-1022. Permitting driving in violation of 8-1014;
penalties.
(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 known such person was driving in violation of K.S.A. 8-1014, and
amendments thereto.
(b) Violation of this section is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000. 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 subsection (k)(3) of K.S.A.
8-1567, and amendments thereto. 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.
History: L. 2003, ch. 100, § 3; July 1.