A. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall include on the application for any document, or renewal thereof, issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2 a statement asking the applicant if he is a United States citizen. Information on citizenship status shall not be a determinative factor for the issuance of any document pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2.
The Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish monthly to the Department of Elections a complete list of all persons who have indicated a noncitizen status to the Department of Motor Vehicles in obtaining any document, or renewal thereof, issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2. The Department of Elections shall transmit the information from the list to the appropriate general registrars. Information in the lists shall be confidential and available only for official use by the Department of Elections and general registrars.
B. For the purposes of this section, the Department of Motor Vehicles is not responsible for verifying the claim of any applicant who indicates United States citizen status when applying for any document, or renewal thereof, issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2.
2006, cc. 926, 940; 2015, c. 740; 2020, cc. 908, 909, 1227, 1246.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 4 - Voter Registration
§ 24.2-400. Persons entitled to register and vote
§ 24.2-401. Persons moving from precinct
§ 24.2-402. Persons moving from Commonwealth fewer than thirty days before presidential election
§ 24.2-403. Persons under 18 years of age
§ 24.2-403.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Preregistration of persons 16 years of age or older
§ 24.2-404. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Duties of Department of Elections
§ 24.2-404. (Effective October 1, 2022) Duties of Department of Elections
§ 24.2-404.3. Duty of Department of Elections; verification of registered voter lists
§ 24.2-404.4. Exchange of registered voter lists with other states
§ 24.2-405. Lists of registered voters
§ 24.2-406. Lists of persons voting at elections
§ 24.2-407. Statement for persons receiving lists of persons registered or voting; penalties
§ 24.2-407.1. Prohibition on disclosure of social security numbers or parts thereof
§ 24.2-410. Clerks of circuit courts to furnish lists of certain adjudications
§ 24.2-410.1. Citizenship status; Department of Motor Vehicles to furnish lists of noncitizens
§ 24.2-410.2. Security of the Virginia voter registration system
§ 24.2-411. Office of the general registrar
§ 24.2-411.2. State-designated voter registration agencies
§ 24.2-411.3. Registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers
§ 24.2-412. Other locations and times for voter registration
§ 24.2-413. Accessible registration locations
§ 24.2-414. Final registration day
§ 24.2-414.1. Closing time of registration sites on final day
§ 24.2-415. Notice of times and locations for registration
§ 24.2-415.1. Persons authorized to receive voter registration applications
§ 24.2-416. Closing registration records before elections
§ 24.2-416.1. Voter registration by mail
§ 24.2-416.2. Mail voter registration application forms
§ 24.2-416.3. Distribution of mail voter registration application forms
§ 24.2-416.4. Return of mail voter registration applications
§ 24.2-416.5. Social security number or parts thereof not to be disclosed
§ 24.2-416.7. Application for voter registration by electronic means
§ 24.2-417. Persons to be registered
§ 24.2-417.1. Registration residence requirements; presumptions in certain cases
§ 24.2-418. Application for registration
§ 24.2-418.1. Receipt for voter registration applicants
§ 24.2-419. Extended time for certain persons to register by mail
§ 24.2-420.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Extended time for persons to register in person
§ 24.2-422. Appeal of person denied registration
§ 24.2-423. Notice of change of name of registered voter
§ 24.2-424. Change of registered voter's address within the Commonwealth; pilot project
§ 24.2-428.1. Other procedures for assigning registered voters to inactive status
§ 24.2-428.2. Return of registered voter to active status
§ 24.2-430. Appeal from decision of registrar
§ 24.2-431. Petition to court objecting to registration
§ 24.2-432. Notice to person objected to and decision of court
§ 24.2-433. Appeal from decision of court
§ 24.2-434. Presumption if petition not brought within six months of registration
§ 24.2-435. Cancellation records to be retained for specified periods
§ 24.2-445. Registration records controlling in event of conflict
§ 24.2-446. Reconstruction of destroyed registration records