i.
What the charge means
Driving a motor vehicle while a licence is suspended under any provincial or federal authority. Knowledge of the suspension is presumed but rebuttable.
Highway Traffic Act s.53
Drive Suspended charges in Vaughan, Ontario.
Driving while your licence is suspended — significant minimum fines, vehicle impoundment, and possible imprisonment. Knowledge of the suspension is the key issue.
- Courthouse
- York Region Provincial Offences Court
- Court Phone
- (905) 898-0425
- Consultation
- Free & Confidential
ii.
Penalties
Minimum fine $1,000 (first offence); up to $5,000; 6 months imprisonment; additional suspension; vehicle impoundment.
iii.
Available defences
- Knowledge of suspension (notice issues)
- Identification
- Charter — unlawful stop
- Defective notice from MTO
iv.
The process
Disclosure, MTO record review, and resolution. Often resolved by demonstrating lack of effective notice of suspension.
v.
Notes for Vaughan
Vaughan has no courthouse of its own. York Region criminal matters are heard at the Newmarket courthouse on Eagle Street, and provincial offences at the York Region POA court on Yonge Street in Newmarket.
Traffic / POA Court
York Region Provincial Offences Court
17150 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8V3
(905) 898-0425
All York Region provincial offences — Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Aurora and the northern townships. Absorbed the Richmond Hill POA court on High Tech Road, which formerly heard southern York Region matters including Vaughan.
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