A person whose driver's license or operating privilege has been denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked as provided in Iowa Code chapters 321 and 321A or as provided in Iowa Code section 252J.8 or 901.5, subsection 10, and who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while the license or privilege is denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked, commits a simple misdemeanor. (2008 Code § 17-218)