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§ 46.2-2000. Definitions - Whenever used in this chapter unless expressly stated otherwise: "Authorized...
§ 46.2-2000.1. Vehicles excluded from operation of chapter - This chapter shall not be construed to include: 1. Motor...
§ 46.2-2000.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 46.2-2000.3. Disposition of funds collected - Except as otherwise provided, all fees collected by the Department...
§ 46.2-2001. Regulation by Department; reports; prevention of discrimination; regulation of leasing of motor vehicles - The Department shall supervise, regulate and control all motor carriers,...
§ 46.2-2001.1. License, permit, or certificate required - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate,...
§ 46.2-2001.2. Identification marker required - Each motor carrier shall be issued an identification marker, unless...
§ 46.2-2001.3. Application; notice requirements - A. Applications for a license, permit, certificate, or identification marker...
§ 46.2-2002. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 46.2-2005. Action on applications; hearings on denials and protests - A. The Department may act upon any application required under...
§ 46.2-2005.1. Determination for issuance for license, permit, or certificate - If the Department finds the applicant for a license, permit,...
§ 46.2-2006. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 46.2-2011. Considerations for determination of issuance of license or certificate - In determining whether a license or certificate required by this...
§ 46.2-2011.1. Issuance of temporary authority - To enable the provision of service for which there is...
§ 46.2-2011.2. Temporary emergency operation - In an emergency, the Department or its agents may, by...
§ 46.2-2011.3. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of license, permit, and certificate - All licenses, permits, and certificates issued under this chapter shall...
§ 46.2-2011.4. Conversion of contract bus certificates - All contract bus carriers that hold a certificate issued prior...
§ 46.2-2011.5. Filing and application fees - A. Unless otherwise provided, every applicant, other than a transportation...
§ 46.2-2011.6. Vehicle fees - Every person, other than a TNC partner, who operates a...
§ 46.2-2011.7. Certificate holders must provide services - Every holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity...
§ 46.2-2011.8. Transfers of certificates of public convenience and necessity - Any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this...
§ 46.2-2011.9. Bond and letter of credit requirements - A. Every applicant for an original certificate under this chapter...
§ 46.2-2011.10. Advertisements - A. No person shall advertise or permit to be advertised...
§ 46.2-2011.11. Established place of business - A. No license or certificate shall be issued to any...
§ 46.2-2011.12. Transportation of baggage with passengers - A certificate authorizing the transportation of passengers as a motor...
§ 46.2-2011.13. Stowing of baggage, parcels, etc. - Motor carriers transporting baggage or other property of passengers shall...
§ 46.2-2011.14. Notice of abandonment of service - Every motor carrier, TNC broker, broker, or excursion train operator...
§ 46.2-2011.15. Department may seek judgment for refunds due public and collect and distribute same - If any motor carrier or broker, upon the final decision...
§ 46.2-2011.16. Reports, records, etc. - A. The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical,...
§ 46.2-2011.17. Certificate, license, or permit holder not relieved of liability for negligence - Nothing in this chapter shall relieve any holder of a...
§ 46.2-2011.18. Violation by passengers; misdemeanor; ejection - All persons who fail, while using transportation services of a...
§ 46.2-2011.19. Vehicle seizure; penalty - A. Any police officer of the Commonwealth authorized to serve...
§ 46.2-2011.20. Unlawful use of registration and identification markers - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or...
§ 46.2-2011.21. Registration and identification violations; penalties - A. The following violations of laws shall be punished as...
§ 46.2-2011.22. Violation; criminal penalties - A. Any person knowingly and willfully violating any provision of...
§ 46.2-2011.23. Violations; civil penalties - The Department may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000...
§ 46.2-2011.24. Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses, permits, or certificates - A license, permit, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter...
§ 46.2-2011.25. Altering or amending licenses, permits, or certificates - The Department may alter or amend a license, permit, or...
§ 46.2-2011.26. Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses, permits, or certificates; notice and hearing - A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section,...
§ 46.2-2011.27. Basis for reinstatement of suspended licenses, permits, or certificates; reinstatement fees - A. The Department shall reinstate any license, permit, or certificate...
§ 46.2-2011.28. Basis for relicensure after revocation of licenses, permits, or certificates; fees - The Department shall not accept an application for a license,...
§ 46.2-2011.29. Surrender of identification marker, license plate, and registration card; removal by law enforcement; operation of vehicle denied - A. It shall be unlawful for a licensee, permittee, or...
§ 46.2-2011.30. No property rights in highways conferred by chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall confer any proprietary or property...
§ 46.2-2011.31. Licenses, taxes, etc., not affected - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any...
§ 46.2-2011.32. Title to plates and markers - All registration cards and identification markers issued by the Department...
§ 46.2-2011.33. Prohibition on taxicab operators; registered sex offender - No person who is required to register with the Sex...
§ 46.2-2012. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 46.2-2042. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 137.
§ 46.2-2043. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 46.2-2051. Application of article - Unless otherwise stated, this article shall apply to all motor...
§ 46.2-2052. Bonds or insurance to be kept in force; amounts - Each motor carrier shall keep in force at all times...
§ 46.2-2053. Surety bonds, insurance, letter of credit, or securities required prior to issuance of registration; amounts - A. No certificate, permit, identification marker, registration card, or license...
§ 46.2-2054. Policies or surety bonds to be filed with the Department and securities with State Treasurer - A. Each motor carrier shall keep on file with the...
§ 46.2-2055. Condition or obligation of security - The insurance, bond or other security provided for in §...
§ 46.2-2056. Effect of unfair claims settlement practices on self-insured motor carriers - The provisions of subdivisions 4, 6, 11, and 12 of...
§ 46.2-2057. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Taxicab insurance required - A. Each operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona...
§ 46.2-2057. (Effective July 1, 2023) Taxicab insurance required - A. Each operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona...
§ 46.2-2058. When taxicab operator a self-insurer - If the operator of any taxicab or other motor vehicle...
§ 46.2-2059. Permit required for taxicab service - It shall be unlawful for any taxicab or other motor...
§ 46.2-2059.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2017, c. 528, cl. 2, effective March...
§ 46.2-2060. Limitations on advertising - Within the jurisdictions of Planning District Number Eight, no person...
§ 46.2-2061. Article does not make taxicab operators common carriers - Nothing in this article shall be construed to make or...
§ 46.2-2062. Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges - A. The governing body of any county, city or town...
§ 46.2-2063. Locality license and payment of locality license tax may be required - The governing body of any county, city, or town may...
§ 46.2-2064. When local license may not be required - No such county, city or town shall require a license...
§ 46.2-2065. Local regulation of qualifications of operators; stands - The governing body of any county, city, or town may...
§ 46.2-2066. Penalty for violation of provisions of article or regulations - Every owner or operator of a motor vehicle used as...
§ 46.2-2067. Local regulation of number of taxicabs - A. It is the policy of this Commonwealth, based on...
§ 46.2-2068. Required permit - No employee hauler, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on...
§ 46.2-2069. Application; requirements - An applicant for a permit issued pursuant to this article...
§ 46.2-2070. Permit restrictions - A permit issued under this article shall authorize the holder...
§ 46.2-2071. Required permit - No nonprofit/tax-exempt passenger carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers...
§ 46.2-2072. Operational restrictions - No nonprofit/tax-exempt passenger carrier shall operate over the same or...
§ 46.2-2073. Exemption from permit filing fees - The original permit filing fee collected pursuant to this chapter...
§ 46.2-2074. Application of article - Unless otherwise stated, this article shall only apply to common...
§ 46.2-2075. Required certificates of public convenience and necessity - No common carrier not otherwise exempted, other than a sight-seeing...
§ 46.2-2076. Application; notice requirements - In addition to the requirements of § 46.2-2001.3, an applicant...
§ 46.2-2077. Considerations for determination of issuance of certificate - In addition to the requirements of § 46.2-2011, in determining...
§ 46.2-2078. No certificate to issue when service already adequate - No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be granted...
§ 46.2-2079. Certificates for passenger carriers operating over Interstate Highway System - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-2078, upon a showing of...
§ 46.2-2080. Irregular route passenger certificates - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 46.2-2078, the Department...
§ 46.2-2081. Schedule required - Every common carrier operating pursuant to this chapter shall file...
§ 46.2-2082. Schedule changes require Department approval; posting notice - A common carrier operating under a certificate issued by the...
§ 46.2-2083. Schedule title page and content - A. Title page of time schedules shall contain the following:...
§ 46.2-2084. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2085. Abandonment, discontinuance, or deviation of service - Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, no...
§ 46.2-2086. Interruption of service - All interruptions of regular service that are likely to continue...
§ 46.2-2087. Refusal of service - No common carrier regulated pursuant to this chapter shall refuse...
§ 46.2-2088. Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc. - Every common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall establish...
§ 46.2-2089. Undue preference not permitted - Except as provided in § 46.2-2091, it shall be unlawful...
§ 46.2-2090. Tariffs showing rates, fares and charges; available for inspection - Every common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall file...
§ 46.2-2091. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff - No common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall charge...
§ 46.2-2092. Changes in tariffs - No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge,...
§ 46.2-2093. Joint tariffs; power of attorney - A. A common carrier regulated pursuant to this article may...
§ 46.2-2094. No transportation except when rates have been filed and published - No common carrier regulated pursuant to this article, unless otherwise...
§ 46.2-2095. Terminals; local license taxes on operation - Counties, cities and towns may impose license taxes for the...
§ 46.2-2096. Certificates required unless exempted - Unless otherwise exempted, no person shall engage in the business...
§ 46.2-2097. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2098. Control, supervision and regulation by Department - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every contract passenger...
§ 46.2-2099. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited - No contract passenger carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for...
§ 46.2-2099.1. Operational requirements; penalty - Contract passenger carriers shall provide service on a prearranged basis...
§ 46.2-2099.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2099.4. Required certificate of fitness - No sight-seeing carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on...
§ 46.2-2099.5. Specific service and route requirements - A sight-seeing carrier shall transport passengers from a specific point...
§ 46.2-2099.6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2099.7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2099.11. Refusal of service - No sight-seeing carrier shall refuse service without good cause. The...
§ 46.2-2099.12. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-2099.17. Regulation of brokers - The Department shall regulate TNC brokers and brokers and make...
§ 46.2-2099.18. Broker's license required - No person shall for compensation sell or offer for sale...
§ 46.2-2099.19. Broker's license not substitute for other certificates or permits required - No person who holds a TNC broker's license or broker's...
§ 46.2-2099.19:1. TNC broker insurance - A. A TNC broker shall ensure that any TNC partner...
§ 46.2-2099.20. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.
§ 46.2-2099.21. Exemptions from operation of article - This article shall not be construed to include: 1. Persons...
§ 46.2-2099.22. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.
§ 46.2-2099.30. Insurance to be kept in force - Sight-seeing carriers by boat, special or charter party carriers by...
§ 46.2-2099.31. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.
§ 46.2-2099.41. Certification requirements - A. A person may apply to the Department for certification...
§ 46.2-2099.42. Assignment of liability - A. The operator of an excursion train shall be liable...
§ 46.2-2099.43. Notice to passengers - The operator of an excursion train shall: 1. Issue each...
§ 46.2-2099.44. Certificate of fitness required - No nonemergency medical transportation carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport...
§ 46.2-2099.45. Certificates required unless exempted - Unless otherwise exempted, no person shall engage in the business...
§ 46.2-2099.46. Control, supervision, and regulation by Department - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every transportation network...
§ 46.2-2099.47. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited - No transportation network company or TNC partner shall transport passengers...
§ 46.2-2099.48. General operational requirements for transportation network companies and TNC partner - A. A transportation network company and a TNC partner shall...
§ 46.2-2099.49. Requirements for TNC partners; mandatory background screening; drug and alcohol policy; mandatory disclosures to TNC partners; duty of TNC partners to provide updated information to transportation network companies - A. Before authorizing an individual to act as a TNC...
§ 46.2-2099.50. Requirements for TNC partner vehicles; trade dress issued by transportation network company - A. A TNC partner vehicle shall: 1. Be a personal...
§ 46.2-2099.51. TNC insurance until January 1, 2016 - A. Until January 1, 2016, at all times during the...
§ 46.2-2099.52. TNC insurance - A. On and after January 1, 2016, at all times...
§ 46.2-2099.53. Recordkeeping and reporting requirements for transportation network companies - A. Records maintained by a transportation network company shall be...