Kansas Statutes 8-298. Voluntary surrender of driver’s license
(a) The division of vehicles shall accept any voluntary surrender of a driver‘s license by the licensee.
(b) A licensee may surrender such licensee’s driver’s license at any driver license examination station and such driver’s license shall be forwarded to the division. Upon surrender of such driver’s license, the division shall note on the person‘s driving record that such driver’s license has been voluntarily surrendered.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-298
- driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;
(l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:
(1) Any temporary license or instruction;
(2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or
(3) any nonresident's operating privilege;
(m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;
(n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;
(o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
- Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(c) Nothing herein shall prohibit a person from applying or the division from granting a new driver’s license upon application of such person, if the person is otherwise eligible to apply for a driver’s license. No person who has voluntarily surrendered such person’s driver’s license shall be eligible to apply for a new license for a period of at least 90 days.
(d) The voluntary surrender of a driver’s license under this section shall not affect the authority of the division or of a court to suspend, revoke, cancel or withdraw the person’s driving privileges or the privilege to obtain a driver’s license under any other statute or ordinance.
(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the motor vehicle drivers’ license act.