A. The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from motor carriers, except such as are exempt from the operation of the provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Department may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Department so requires. The Department may also require any motor carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to the provisions of this chapter.
B. The Department may, in its discretion, prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and (ii) the length of time such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The Department or its employees shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers used in connection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing, and kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The Department and its employees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the Department, to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any motor carrier.
C. As used in this section the term "motor carriers" includes TNC brokers, brokers, and excursion train operators.
2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861; 2017, c. 635.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers
§ 46.2-2000.1. Vehicles excluded from operation of chapter
§ 46.2-2000.3. Disposition of funds collected
§ 46.2-2001.1. License, permit, or certificate required
§ 46.2-2001.2. Identification marker required
§ 46.2-2001.3. Application; notice requirements
§ 46.2-2005. Action on applications; hearings on denials and protests
§ 46.2-2005.1. Determination for issuance for license, permit, or certificate
§ 46.2-2011. Considerations for determination of issuance of license or certificate
§ 46.2-2011.1. Issuance of temporary authority
§ 46.2-2011.2. Temporary emergency operation
§ 46.2-2011.3. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of license, permit, and certificate
§ 46.2-2011.4. Conversion of contract bus certificates
§ 46.2-2011.5. Filing and application fees
§ 46.2-2011.7. Certificate holders must provide services
§ 46.2-2011.8. Transfers of certificates of public convenience and necessity
§ 46.2-2011.9. Bond and letter of credit requirements
§ 46.2-2011.10. Advertisements
§ 46.2-2011.11. Established place of business
§ 46.2-2011.12. Transportation of baggage with passengers
§ 46.2-2011.13. Stowing of baggage, parcels, etc.
§ 46.2-2011.14. Notice of abandonment of service
§ 46.2-2011.15. Department may seek judgment for refunds due public and collect and distribute same
§ 46.2-2011.16. Reports, records, etc.
§ 46.2-2011.17. Certificate, license, or permit holder not relieved of liability for negligence
§ 46.2-2011.18. Violation by passengers; misdemeanor; ejection
§ 46.2-2011.19. Vehicle seizure; penalty
§ 46.2-2011.20. Unlawful use of registration and identification markers
§ 46.2-2011.21. Registration and identification violations; penalties
§ 46.2-2011.22. Violation; criminal penalties
§ 46.2-2011.23. Violations; civil penalties
§ 46.2-2011.24. Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses, permits, or certificates
§ 46.2-2011.25. Altering or amending licenses, permits, or certificates
§ 46.2-2011.28. Basis for relicensure after revocation of licenses, permits, or certificates; fees
§ 46.2-2011.30. No property rights in highways conferred by chapter
§ 46.2-2011.31. Licenses, taxes, etc., not affected
§ 46.2-2011.32. Title to plates and markers
§ 46.2-2011.33. Prohibition on taxicab operators; registered sex offender
§ 46.2-2051. Application of article
§ 46.2-2052. Bonds or insurance to be kept in force; amounts
§ 46.2-2055. Condition or obligation of security
§ 46.2-2056. Effect of unfair claims settlement practices on self-insured motor carriers
§ 46.2-2057. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Taxicab insurance required
§ 46.2-2057. (Effective July 1, 2023) Taxicab insurance required
§ 46.2-2058. When taxicab operator a self-insurer
§ 46.2-2059. Permit required for taxicab service
§ 46.2-2060. Limitations on advertising
§ 46.2-2061. Article does not make taxicab operators common carriers
§ 46.2-2062. Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges
§ 46.2-2063. Locality license and payment of locality license tax may be required
§ 46.2-2064. When local license may not be required
§ 46.2-2065. Local regulation of qualifications of operators; stands
§ 46.2-2066. Penalty for violation of provisions of article or regulations
§ 46.2-2067. Local regulation of number of taxicabs
§ 46.2-2069. Application; requirements
§ 46.2-2070. Permit restrictions
§ 46.2-2072. Operational restrictions
§ 46.2-2073. Exemption from permit filing fees
§ 46.2-2074. Application of article
§ 46.2-2075. Required certificates of public convenience and necessity
§ 46.2-2076. Application; notice requirements
§ 46.2-2077. Considerations for determination of issuance of certificate
§ 46.2-2078. No certificate to issue when service already adequate
§ 46.2-2079. Certificates for passenger carriers operating over Interstate Highway System
§ 46.2-2080. Irregular route passenger certificates
§ 46.2-2081. Schedule required
§ 46.2-2082. Schedule changes require Department approval; posting notice
§ 46.2-2083. Schedule title page and content
§ 46.2-2085. Abandonment, discontinuance, or deviation of service
§ 46.2-2086. Interruption of service
§ 46.2-2087. Refusal of service
§ 46.2-2089. Undue preference not permitted
§ 46.2-2090. Tariffs showing rates, fares and charges; available for inspection
§ 46.2-2091. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff
§ 46.2-2092. Changes in tariffs
§ 46.2-2093. Joint tariffs; power of attorney
§ 46.2-2094. No transportation except when rates have been filed and published
§ 46.2-2095. Terminals; local license taxes on operation
§ 46.2-2096. Certificates required unless exempted
§ 46.2-2098. Control, supervision and regulation by Department
§ 46.2-2099. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited
§ 46.2-2099.1. Operational requirements; penalty
§ 46.2-2099.4. Required certificate of fitness
§ 46.2-2099.5. Specific service and route requirements
§ 46.2-2099.11. Refusal of service
§ 46.2-2099.17. Regulation of brokers
§ 46.2-2099.18. Broker's license required
§ 46.2-2099.19. Broker's license not substitute for other certificates or permits required
§ 46.2-2099.19:1. TNC broker insurance
§ 46.2-2099.21. Exemptions from operation of article
§ 46.2-2099.30. Insurance to be kept in force
§ 46.2-2099.41. Certification requirements
§ 46.2-2099.42. Assignment of liability
§ 46.2-2099.43. Notice to passengers
§ 46.2-2099.44. Certificate of fitness required
§ 46.2-2099.45. Certificates required unless exempted
§ 46.2-2099.46. Control, supervision, and regulation by Department
§ 46.2-2099.47. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited
§ 46.2-2099.51. TNC insurance until January 1, 2016
§ 46.2-2099.53. Recordkeeping and reporting requirements for transportation network companies