Driving while under suspension carries a criminal penalty in Maine. Someone convicted of operating under suspension is subject to a mandatory 60-day additional suspension, a $ 25 license reinstatement fee, up to a $ 500 fine, and up to six months in jail, or both a fine and imprisonment. The penalties are more severe if the reason for the person’s original suspension was for operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In this case, the court must impose a minimum fine of $ 500, a mandatory seven-day term of imprisonment, and a license suspension of one to three years served consecutively to the original suspension. The court is prohibited from suspending any of these penalties (29-A M. R. S. A. § 2412-A).
If the person has previously been convicted of operating under suspension during the prior 10 years and the suspension that led to his most recent conviction for driving under suspension was for operating under the influence, the penalties escalate to (1) a minimum $ 1,000 fine, imprisonment for 30 consecutive days, and a one-to-three year additional license suspension, if there was one prior conviction; (2) a minimum $ 2,000 fine, 60 consecutive days imprisonment, and one-to-three years additional suspension for two prior convictions; and (3) a minimum $ 3,000 fine, six months imprisonment, and an additional one-to-three years suspension for three or more prior convictions. If the suspension that led to his most recent incident was for any other reason than driving under the influence, the minimum fine is $ 200. None of these penalties may be suspended by the court
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