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§ 46.2-300. Driving without license prohibited; penalties - No person, except those expressly exempted in §§ 46.2-303 through...
§ 46.2-301. Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked - A. In addition to any other penalty provided by this...
§ 46.2-301.1. Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle for certain driving while license suspended or revoked offenses; judicial impoundment upon conviction; penalty for permitting violation with one's vehicle - A. The motor vehicle being driven by any person (i)...
§ 46.2-302. Driving while restoration of license is contingent on furnishing proof of financial responsibility - No resident or nonresident (i) whose driver's license or learner's...
§ 46.2-303. Licenses not required for operating road roller or farm tractor - No person shall be required to obtain a driver's license...
§ 46.2-304. Limited operation of farm tractor by persons convicted of driving under influence of intoxicants or drugs - The conviction of a person for driving under the influence...
§ 46.2-305. Exemption of persons in armed services - Every person in the armed services of the United States,...
§ 46.2-306. Exemption of armed services personnel and spouses and dependent children of armed services personnel - Notwithstanding § 46.2-100, a person on active duty with the...
§ 46.2-307. Nonresidents licensed under laws of home state or country; extension of reciprocal privileges - A. A nonresident over the age of sixteen years and...
§ 46.2-308. Temporary exemption for new resident licensed under laws of another state; privately owned vehicle driver's licenses - A resident over the age of sixteen years and three...
§ 46.2-309. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 245, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-310. Localities may not require license except for taxicabs; prosecutions for operation of vehicle without license or while suspended - Counties, cities, and towns shall not require any local permit...
§ 46.2-311. Persons having defective vision; minimum standards of visual acuity and field of vision; tests of vision - A. The Department shall not issue a driver's license or...
§ 46.2-312. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses - A. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be eligible for...
§ 46.2-313. Persons with suspended or revoked licenses - The Department shall not issue a driver's license to any...
§ 46.2-314. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2017, c. 156, cl. 2, effective February...
§ 46.2-315. Disabled persons - The Department shall not issue a driver's license to any...
§ 46.2-316. Persons convicted or found not innocent of certain offenses; requirement of proof of financial responsibility for certain offenses - A. The Department shall not issue a driver's license or...
§ 46.2-317. Persons making false statement in application - The Department shall not issue, for a period of one...
§ 46.2-318. Cancellation or revocation of license where application is false in material particular - The Commissioner may cancel or revoke any license or permit...
§ 46.2-319. Refusal or revocation of license for certain fraudulent acts in obtaining a driver's license - The Department shall not issue any permit or license under...
§ 46.2-320. Other grounds for refusal or suspension - The Department may refuse to grant an application for a...
§ 46.2-320.1. Other grounds for suspension; nonpayment of child support - A. The Commissioner may enter into an agreement with the...
§ 46.2-320.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 740 and 741, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-321. Appeal from denial, suspension, or revocation of license; operation of vehicle pending appeal - Any person denied a license or whose license has been...
§ 46.2-322. Examination of licensee believed incompetent; suspension or restriction of license; license application to include questions as to physical or mental conditions of applicant; false answers; examination of applicant; physician's, nurse pra... - A. If the Department has good cause to believe that...
§ 46.2-323. Application for driver's license; proof of completion of driver education program; penalty - A. Every application for a driver's license, temporary driver's permit,...
§ 46.2-323.01. Issuance of credentials; relationship with federal law - A. The Department shall establish a process for persons who,...
§ 46.2-323.1. Certification of Virginia residency; nonresidents not eligible for credentials; penalty - No credential issued under this chapter shall be issued to...
§ 46.2-324. Applicants and license holders to notify Department of change of address; fee - A. Whenever any person, after applying for or obtaining a...
§ 46.2-324.1. Requirements for initial licensure of certain applicants - A. No driver's license shall be issued to any applicant...
§ 46.2-325. Examination of applicants; waiver of Department's examination under certain circumstances; behind-the-wheel and knowledge examinations - A. The Department shall examine every applicant for a driver's...
§ 46.2-326. Designation of examiners; conduct of examination; reports - The Commissioner shall designate persons within the Commonwealth to act...
§ 46.2-326.1. Designation of commercial driver's license skills testing examiners - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1702 and unless the...
§ 46.2-327. Copies of applications; record of licenses and learner's permits issued, suspended, or revoked - The Department shall retain a copy of every application for...
§ 46.2-328. Department to issue licenses; endorsements, classifications, and restrictions authorizing operation of certain vehicles - A. The Department shall issue to every person licensed as...
§ 46.2-328.1. Licenses, permits, and special identification cards to be issued only to United States citizens, legal permanent resident aliens, or holders of valid unexpired nonimmigrant visas; exceptions; renewal, duplication, or reissuance - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, except as...
§ 46.2-328.2. Department to issue documents; veteran indicator - A. For the purposes of this section, "veteran" means (i)...
§ 46.2-328.3. Driver privilege cards and permits - A. Upon application of any person who does not meet...
§ 46.2-329. Special restrictions on particular licensees - The Department, on issuing a driver's license may, whenever good...
§ 46.2-330. Expiration and renewal of licenses; examinations required - A. Every driver's license shall expire on the applicant's birthday...
§ 46.2-331. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 975.
§ 46.2-332. Fees - A. The fee for each driver's license other than a...
§ 46.2-333. Disposition of fees; expenses - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all fees accruing...
§ 46.2-333.1. Surcharges on certain fees of Department; disposition of proceeds - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, there are hereby...
§ 46.2-334. Conditions and requirements for licensure of persons under 18 - A. Minors at least 16 years and three months old...
§ 46.2-334.001. Court to suspend driver's license issued to certain minors - A. Upon receipt by the juvenile and domestic relations district...
§ 46.2-334.01. Licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old subject to certain restrictions - A. Any learner's permit or driver's license issued to any...
§ 46.2-334.02. Licenses issued to persons less than twenty years old subject to certain restrictions - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-498, whenever the driving record...
§ 46.2-334.1. Knowledge test; waiting period prior to reexamination - Any person under the age of eighteen who applies for...
§ 46.2-335. Learner's permits; fees; certification required - A. The Department, on receiving from any Virginia resident over...
§ 46.2-335.1. Knowledge test; waiting period prior to reexamination - Any person under the age of eighteen who applies for...
§ 46.2-335.2. Learner's permits; required before driver's license; minimum holding period - A. No person under the age of 18 years shall...
§ 46.2-336. Manner of issuing original driver's licenses to minors - A. Except as provided in subsection B, the Department shall...
§ 46.2-337. Examination and road test required for license to operate motorcycle; regulations - No person shall drive any motorcycle on a highway in...
§ 46.2-338. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 705.
§ 46.2-339. Qualifications of school bus operators; training; examination - A. No person shall operate any school bus on a...
§ 46.2-340. Information concerning school bus drivers and driver education instructors - A. At the beginning of each school year, and whenever...
§ 46.2-341. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 705.
§ 46.2-341.1. Title - This Act may be cited as the "Virginia Commercial Driver's...
§ 46.2-341.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 788, cl. 1.
§ 46.2-341.3. Conflicts; supplement to driver licensing statutes - This article is intended to supplement, not supplant, the laws...
§ 46.2-341.4. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 46.2-341.5. Regulations consistent with Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act - The Department is authorized to promulgate regulations and establish procedures...
§ 46.2-341.6. Limitation on number of driver's licenses - No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle shall have...
§ 46.2-341.7. Commercial driver's license required; penalty - A. No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle in...
§ 46.2-341.8. Nonresidents and new residents - A. Any person who is not domiciled in the Commonwealth,...
§ 46.2-341.9. Eligibility for commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit - A. A Virginia commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit...
§ 46.2-341.9:01. Specialized training required - The Commissioner shall require that the course of instruction and...
§ 46.2-341.9:1. Commissioner to grant variances for commercial drivers transporting hazardous wastes - The Commissioner may, to the extent allowed by federal law,...
§ 46.2-341.10. Special provisions relating to commercial learner's permit - A. The Department upon receiving an application on forms prescribed...
§ 46.2-341.10:1. Seasonal restricted commercial drivers' licenses - A. The Commissioner may, in his discretion, issue seasonal restricted...
§ 46.2-341.11. Commercial drivers required to notify the Department of change of address - A. If any person who is licensed by the Department...
§ 46.2-341.12. Application for commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit - A. No entry-level driver shall be eligible to (i) apply...
§ 46.2-341.13. Disposition of fees - Except as otherwise provided, all fees accruing under the provisions...
§ 46.2-341.14. Testing requirements for commercial driver's license; behind-the-wheel and knowledge examinations - A. The Department shall conduct an examination of every applicant...
§ 46.2-341.14:01. Military third party testers and military third party examiners; substitute for knowledge and driving skills tests for drivers with military commercial motor vehicle experience - A. Pursuant to § 46.2-341.14, the Commissioner may permit military...
§ 46.2-341.14:1. Requirements for third party testers - A. Pursuant to § 46.2-341.14, third party testers will be...
§ 46.2-341.14:2. Requirements for third party examiners - A. Third party examiners may be certified to conduct skills...
§ 46.2-341.14:3. Application for certification by the Department - A. Application for third party tester certification. 1. An applicant...
§ 46.2-341.14:4. Certification by the Department - A. Upon successful application and evaluation, a third party tester...
§ 46.2-341.14:5. Terminating certification of third party tester or examiner - A. Any third party tester or examiner may relinquish certification...
§ 46.2-341.14:6. Onsite inspections and audits - A. Each applicant for certification as a third party tester...
§ 46.2-341.14:7. Notification requirements - A. Every third party tester shall: 1. Notify the Department...
§ 46.2-341.14:8. Test administration - A. Skills tests shall be conducted strictly in accordance with...
§ 46.2-341.14:9. The skills test certificate; validity of results - A. The Department will accept a skills test certificate issued...
§ 46.2-341.14:10. Waiver of requirement that third party tester applicant employ 50 drivers - A. Any applicant for certification as third party tester may...
§ 46.2-341.15. Commercial driver's license and commercial learner's permit document - A. The commercial driver's license issued by the Department shall...
§ 46.2-341.16. Vehicle classifications, restrictions, and endorsements - A. A commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit shall...
§ 46.2-341.16:1. Conformance with requirements of U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001 - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no endorsement...
§ 46.2-341.17. Penalty for violation of this article - Unless otherwise provided in this article or by the laws...
§ 46.2-341.18. Disqualification for certain offenses - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in...
§ 46.2-341.18:01. Disqualification for violation of out-of-service order; commercial motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers; commercial motor vehicle used to transport hazardous materials - The Commissioner shall disqualify, for a period of two years,...
§ 46.2-341.18:1. Disqualification for certain alcohol-related offenses committed in other jurisdictions whose laws provide for disqualification for such offenses without a conviction - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-341.18 that require the...
§ 46.2-341.18:2. Disqualification for use of urine-masking agent or device - The Commissioner shall disqualify for a period of one year...
§ 46.2-341.18:3. Cancellation of commercial driver's license endorsement for certain offenders - The Commissioner shall cancel the Type S school bus endorsement...
§ 46.2-341.19. Controlled substance felony; disqualification - A. No person shall use a commercial motor vehicle in...
§ 46.2-341.20. Disqualification for multiple serious traffic violations - A. For the purposes of this section, the following offenses,...
§ 46.2-341.20:1. Disqualification for railroad/highway grade crossing violations - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-341.20:2. Employer penalty; railroad/highway grade crossing violations; out-of-service order violation - Any employer who knowingly allows, permits, authorizes, or requires an...
§ 46.2-341.20:3. Disqualification for determination of imminent hazard - If the Department receives notification from the Federal Motor Carrier...
§ 46.2-341.20:4. Disqualification of driver convicted of fraud related to the testing and issuance of a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license - A person who has been convicted of fraud pursuant to...
§ 46.2-341.20:5. Prohibition on texting and use of handheld mobile telephone; penalties - A. No person driving a commercial motor vehicle shall text...
§ 46.2-341.20:6. Prohibition on requiring use of handheld mobile telephone or texting; motor carrier penalty - No motor carrier shall allow or require its drivers to...
§ 46.2-341.20:7. Possession of marijuana in commercial motor vehicle unlawful; civil penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly or...
§ 46.2-341.21. Driving while disqualified; penalties - No person whose privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle...
§ 46.2-341.22. Requirements upon disqualification - Any person who has been disqualified pursuant to any provision...
§ 46.2-341.23. Offenses under substantially similar laws - Except as otherwise provided, whenever in this Act reference is...
§ 46.2-341.24. Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc. - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive...
§ 46.2-341.25. Preliminary analysis of breath of commercial drivers to determine alcohol content of blood - A. Any person who is reasonably suspected of a violation...
§ 46.2-341.26. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 830.
§ 46.2-341.26:1. Use of chemical tests to determine alcohol or drug content of blood of commercial driver; definitions - As used in §§ 46.2-341.26:2 through 46.2-341.26:11, unless the context...
§ 46.2-341.26:2. Implied consent to post-arrest chemical test to determine alcohol or drug content of blood of commercial driver - A. Any person, whether licensed by Virginia or not, who...
§ 46.2-341.26:3. Refusal of tests; issuance of out-of-service orders; disqualification - A. It is unlawful for a person who is arrested...
§ 46.2-341.26:4. Appeal and trial; sanctions for refusal; procedures - A. Venue for the trial of the warrant or summons...
§ 46.2-341.26:5. Qualifications and liability of persons authorized to take blood samples; procedure for taking samples - For purposes of this article, only a physician, registered nurse,...
§ 46.2-341.26:6. Transmission of blood samples - The blood sample withdrawn pursuant to § 46.2-341.26:5 shall be...
§ 46.2-341.26:7. Transmission of samples - A. Upon receipt of a blood sample forwarded to the...
§ 46.2-341.26:8. Fees - Payment for withdrawing blood shall not exceed $25, which shall...
§ 46.2-341.26:9. Assurance of breath test validity; use of breath tests as evidence - To be capable of being considered valid in a prosecution...
§ 46.2-341.26:10. Evidence - A. In any trial for a violation of § 46.2-341.24,...
§ 46.2-341.26:11. Substantial compliance - The steps set forth in §§ 46.2-341.26:2 through 46.2-341.26:9 relating...
§ 46.2-341.27. Presumptions from alcohol and drug content of blood - In any prosecution for a violation of clause (ii), (iii),...
§ 46.2-341.28. Penalty for driving commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated; subsequent offense; prior conviction - A. Except as otherwise provided herein, any person violating any...
§ 46.2-341.29. Penalty for driving commercial motor vehicle with blood alcohol content equal to or greater than 0.04 - Any person violating the provisions of subsection B of §...
§ 46.2-341.30. Disqualification for driving commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc. - A. The judgment of conviction under any provision of §...
§ 46.2-341.31. Driving commercial motor vehicle with any alcohol in blood - No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle while having...
§ 46.2-341.32. Authority to enter into agreements - The Department may procure and enter into agreements or arrangements...
§ 46.2-341.33. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-341.34. Appeals - Any person denied a commercial driver's license or who has...
§ 46.2-342. (Effective until July 1, 2023) What license to contain; organ donor information; Uniform Donor Document - A. Every license issued under this chapter shall bear: 1....
§ 46.2-342. (Effective July 1, 2023) What license to contain; organ donor information; Uniform Donor Document - A. Every license issued under this chapter shall bear: 1....
§ 46.2-343. Duplicate driver's license, reissued driver's licenses, learner's permit; fees - If a driver's license or learner's permit issued under the...
§ 46.2-344. Temporary driver's permit - The Department, upon determining, after an examination, that an applicant...
§ 46.2-345. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Issuance of special identification cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. On the application of any person who is a...
§ 46.2-345.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2018, c. 440, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-345. (Effective July 1, 2023) Issuance of special identification cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. On the application of any person who is a...
§ 46.2-345.2. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Issuance of special identification cards without photographs; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. On the application of any person with a sincerely...
§ 46.2-345.2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Issuance of special identification cards without photographs; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. On the application of any person with a sincerely...
§ 46.2-345.3. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Issuance of identification privilege cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. Upon application of any person who does not hold...
§ 46.2-345.3. (Effective July 1, 2023) Issuance of identification privilege cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties - A. Upon application of any person who does not hold...
§ 46.2-346. Unlawful acts enumerated - A. No person shall: 1. Display, cause or permit to...
§ 46.2-347. Fraudulent use of driver's license or Department of Motor Vehicles identification card to obtain alcoholic beverages; penalties - Any underage person as specified in § 4.1-304 who knowingly...
§ 46.2-348. Fraud or false statements in applications for license; penalties - Any person who uses a false or fictitious name or...
§ 46.2-349. Unlawful to permit violations of chapter - No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle...
§ 46.2-350. Penalty for violation - Notwithstanding § 46.2-113, except as otherwise provided any violation of...
§ 46.2-351. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, cc. 945, 987.
§ 46.2-355.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 463, cl....
§ 46.2-364. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning...
§ 46.2-365. Plaintiff not prevented from relying upon other legal process - This article shall not prevent the plaintiff in any action...
§ 46.2-366. Partial application to certain motor vehicles - This chapter, except its provisions as to the requirements of...
§ 46.2-367. Persons included within scope of chapter - Persons who have, by any law of the Commonwealth, been...
§ 46.2-368. Certificate of self-insurance exempts from chapter - A. This chapter, except §§ 46.2-371 through 46.2-373, shall not...
§ 46.2-369. Commissioner to administer and enforce chapter; regulations; summoning witnesses and taking testimony - The Commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this...
§ 46.2-370. Revoked driver's licenses, special identification cards, certificates of title, license plates, registration cards to be returned; Commissioner may take possession of them - A. Any person whose driver's license, special identification card, certificate...
§ 46.2-371. Driver to give immediate notice of certain accidents - The driver of any vehicle involved in any accident resulting...
§ 46.2-372. Driver to report certain accidents in writing; certification of financial responsibility to Department; supplemental reports; reports by witnesses - A. Any person involved in an accident (i) resulting in...
§ 46.2-373. Report by law-enforcement officer investigating accident - A. Every law-enforcement officer who in the course of duty...
§ 46.2-373.1. Report of law-enforcement officer involved in accident - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-208, any law-enforcement officer, as...
§ 46.2-374. Department to prepare and supply forms for reports - The Department shall prepare and, on request, supply to police...
§ 46.2-375. Reports by medical examiners of deaths resulting from accidents - Every person holding the office of medical examiner shall report...
§ 46.2-376. Report required of person in charge of garage or repair shop - The person in charge of any garage or repair shop...
§ 46.2-377. Reports made by garages to be without prejudice and confidential; exceptions - All accident reports made by garages pursuant to this article...
§ 46.2-378. Extent to which reports may be used as evidence - No report submitted pursuant to this article shall be used...
§ 46.2-379. Use of crash reports made by investigating officers - All crash reports made by investigating officers shall be for...
§ 46.2-380. Reports made under certain sections open to inspection by certain persons; copies; maintenance of reports and photographs for three-year period - A. Any report of a crash made pursuant to §...
§ 46.2-381. Accident reports required by county or municipal ordinance; copies - Any county, city, or town may, by ordinance, require that...
§ 46.2-382. Courts to keep full records of certain cases - A. Every district court or circuit court or the clerk...
§ 46.2-382.1. Courts to make findings relating to commercial motor vehicles - For the purpose of enforcing the Virginia Commercial Driver's License...
§ 46.2-383. Courts to forward abstracts of records or furnish abstract data of conviction by electronic means in certain cases; records in office of Department; inspection; clerk's fee for reports - A. In the event (i) a person is convicted of...
§ 46.2-384. Law-enforcement officers arresting drivers for certain offenses to request abstracts or transcripts of drivers' conviction records - Every law-enforcement officer who has arrested any person for (i)...
§ 46.2-385. Prosecuting attorneys to appear in certain cases - If requested by the judge trying the case, attorneys for...
§ 46.2-386. Forms for and information to be contained in abstracts; certification - Abstracts required by § 46.2-383 shall be made on forms...
§ 46.2-387. Penalty for failure to forward record of conviction or of judgment for damages - Any person required to forward to the Commissioner a record...
§ 46.2-388. Uniform summons to be used for reportable motor vehicle law violations; citations - A. The Attorney General, after consultation with the Committee on...
§ 46.2-389. Required revocation for one year upon conviction or finding of guilty of certain offenses; exceptions - A. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke, and not thereafter reissue...
§ 46.2-390. Required suspension for conviction of theft or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle - When any person is convicted, or found guilty in the...
§ 46.2-390.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 740 and 741 cl. 2.
§ 46.2-391. Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; exception; petition for restoration of privilege - A. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke and not thereafter reissue...
§ 46.2-391.01. Administrative enforcement of ignition interlock requirements - If the court, as a condition of license restoration or...
§ 46.2-391.1. Suspension of registration certificates and plates upon suspension or revocation of driver's license - Whenever the Commissioner, under the authority of law of the...
§ 46.2-391.2. Administrative suspension of license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle - A. If a breath test is taken pursuant to §...
§ 46.2-391.3. Content of notice of suspension - A notice of suspension issued pursuant to § 46.2-391.2 shall...
§ 46.2-391.4. When suspension to be rescinded - Notwithstanding any other provision of § 46.2-391.2, a subsequent dismissal...
§ 46.2-391.5. Preparation and distribution of forms - The Supreme Court shall develop policies and regulations pertaining to...
§ 46.2-392. Suspension of license or issuance of a restricted license on conviction of certain offenses; probationary conditions required; generally - In addition to the penalties for careless driving and infliction...
§ 46.2-393. Suspension of license on conviction of certain reckless offenses; restricted licenses - A. When any person is convicted of reckless driving as...
§ 46.2-394. Revocation of license for fourth conviction of certain offenses - If any person is convicted four times of a violation...
§ 46.2-395. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 964 and 965, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-396. Suspension of license for reckless driving resulting in death of any person - When any person is convicted of reckless driving as provided...
§ 46.2-396.1. Conviction of serious driving offense - Upon the conviction of a traffic offense that causes the...
§ 46.2-397. Suspension of license for certain violations while transporting explosives, inflammable gas or liquid - When the driver of any motor vehicle is convicted of...
§ 46.2-398. Disposition of surrendered licenses on revocation or suspension - In any case in which the accused is convicted of...
§ 46.2-398.1. Issuance of restricted driver's privilege to out-of-state licensees - When the operator of any motor vehicle who is not...
§ 46.2-399. Revocation of license for improper use or failure to pay certain taxes - The Department shall revoke a driver's license whenever the person...
§ 46.2-400. Suspension of license of person not competent to drive; restoration of license; duty of clerk of the court - A. The Commissioner, on receipt of notice from a court,...
§ 46.2-401. Reports to Commissioner of discharge of individuals from state facilities - Whenever practicable, at least 10 days prior to the time...
§ 46.2-402. When Commissioner may suspend or revoke license for not more than one year after hearing - A. The Commissioner may, after due hearing, after giving not...
§ 46.2-403. Contents of notice of hearing - A. The notice of a hearing when mailed to any...
§ 46.2-404. Where and before whom hearing held - The hearing shall be in the county or city where...
§ 46.2-405. How hearings to be conducted - A. In any such hearing all relevant and material evidence...
§ 46.2-406. Appointment and authority of hearing officers - The Commissioner may appoint one or more persons to conduct...
§ 46.2-407. Form and contents of decision; copies - Any decision or order of the Commissioner to be valid...
§ 46.2-408. When Commissioner may suspend or revoke license for no more than five years - On any reasonable ground appearing in the records of the...
§ 46.2-409. Certain abstracts of conviction to be prima facie evidence of conviction - In any administrative hearing conducted by the Commissioner or his...
§ 46.2-410. Appeals from order suspending or revoking license or registration - Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the...
§ 46.2-410.1. Judicial review of revocation or suspension by Commissioner - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-410, when the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-410.2. License suspension or revocation by Commissioner; offenses under the laws of other jurisdictions - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Commissioner shall...
§ 46.2-411. Reinstatement of suspended or revoked license or other privilege to operate or register a motor vehicle; proof of financial responsibility; reinstatement fee - A. The Commissioner may refuse, after a hearing if demanded,...
§ 46.2-411.1. Reinstatement of driver's license suspended or revoked for a conviction of driving while intoxicated - A. Before restoring a driver's license to any person (i)...
§ 46.2-412. Time suspension or revocation - Every suspension or revocation shall remain in effect and the...
§ 46.2-413. Effect of reversal of conviction - Reversal on appeal of any conviction because of which conviction...
§ 46.2-414. Commencement of periods for suspension or revocation of licenses, registration cards, or license plates - Wherever it is provided in this title that the driver's...
§ 46.2-415. United States magistrates and judges of district courts authorized to revoke or suspend driver's license under certain conditions - When any person is found guilty of a violation of...
§ 46.2-416. Notice of suspension or revocation of license - A. Whenever it is provided in this title that a...
§ 46.2-416.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 740 and 741 cl. 2.
§ 46.2-417. Suspension for failure to satisfy motor vehicle accident judgment; exceptions; insurance in liquidated company; insurer obligated to pay judgment - A. Upon the application of any judgment creditor, the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-418. Nonpayment of judgments of Virginia and other states - The Commissioner shall take action as required in § 46.2-417...
§ 46.2-419. When judgment satisfied - A. For all policies effective on or after January 1,...
§ 46.2-420. Order for payment of judgment in installments - A judgment debtor, on five days' notice to the judgment...
§ 46.2-421. Effect of order for such payment and proof of financial responsibility - The Commissioner shall not suspend a license or registration of...
§ 46.2-422. Suspension on failure to pay installments - If the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as...
§ 46.2-423. Creditor's consent to license notwithstanding default in payment - If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in whatever form...
§ 46.2-424. Duty of insurance carrier after notice of accident; report of omissions by insurers to State Corporation Commission; investigation and assessment for omissions - On receipt of the certificate of insurance, the insurance carrier...
§ 46.2-425. Driver or owner having no license issued by Department - In case a driver or owner has no driver's license...
§ 46.2-426. Custody and application of cash or securities deposited; limitation of actions; assignment - Cash or securities furnished in compliance with the requirements of...
§ 46.2-427. When suspensions to remain effective; relief from furnishing proof of financial responsibility; prohibition against registration in name of another person - The suspension required by the provisions of § 46.2-417 shall...
§ 46.2-428. Commonwealth responsible for deposits - The Commonwealth shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all...
§ 46.2-429. Release of deposits only upon consent of Commissioner - Bonds, cash, or securities deposited with the State Treasurer pursuant...
§ 46.2-430. Power over nonresidents - Whenever by the laws of the Commonwealth the Commissioner may...
§ 46.2-431. Chapter applies to nonresidents - Every provision of this chapter applies to any person who...
§ 46.2-432. Failure of nonresident to report accident - The failure of a nonresident to report an accident as...
§ 46.2-433. Notification of officers in nonresident's home state - On conviction of a nonresident or in case any unsatisfied...
§ 46.2-434. Conviction of or judgment against resident in another jurisdiction - The Commissioner shall suspend or revoke the license and registration...
§ 46.2-435. Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle - Proof of financial responsibility in the amounts required by this...
§ 46.2-436. Methods of proving financial responsibility - Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter may...
§ 46.2-437. Proof of financial responsibility by owner in lieu of driver - When the Commissioner finds that any person required to give...
§ 46.2-438. Proof by owner of vehicles operated under permit or certificate of State Corporation Commission or Department of Motor Vehicles - If the owner of a motor vehicle is one whose...
§ 46.2-439. Certificate of insurance carrier - Proof of financial responsibility, when requested, shall be made by...
§ 46.2-440. Certificate for nonresident may be by carrier not qualified in Commonwealth - A nonresident owner of a vehicle not registered in Virginia...
§ 46.2-441. Nonresident may file proof of future financial responsibility of insurance company or other state-authorized entity providing insurance - Notwithstanding the requirement of §§ 46.2-439 and 46.2-440, a nonresident...
§ 46.2-442. Default of foreign insurance carrier - If any insurance carrier not authorized to do business in...
§ 46.2-443. Chapter not applicable to certain policies of insurance - This chapter does not apply to: 1. Policies of automobile...
§ 46.2-444. Surety requirements of bond - The bond mentioned in subdivision 2 of § 46.2-436 shall...
§ 46.2-445. How bond to be conditioned - The Commissioner shall not accept any bond unless it is...
§ 46.2-446. Notice to Commissioner prerequisite to cancellation of bond; cancellation not to affect rights arising prior thereto - No bond shall be cancelled unless twenty days' prior written...
§ 46.2-447. Bond to constitute lien on real estate of surety - A bond with individual sureties shall constitute a lien in...
§ 46.2-448. Notice of cancellation; record; fees - Notice of cancellation is to be signed by the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-449. Cancellation of bond with individual sureties; certificates of cancellation - When a bond with individual sureties filed with the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-450. Order discharging lien of bond - On satisfactory proof that the bond filed with the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-451. Action or suit on bond - If a final judgment rendered against the principal on the...
§ 46.2-452. Parties to suit on bond with individual sureties - When the sureties on the bond filed with the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-453. Proof of financial responsibility by delivering cash or securities - A person may give proof of financial responsibility by delivering...
§ 46.2-454. Moneys or securities to be deposited with State Treasurer subject to execution - All moneys or securities delivered to the Commissioner pursuant to...
§ 46.2-455. Assessment for expense of holding deposits - For the purpose of defraying the expense of the safekeeping...
§ 46.2-456. Additional security if fund impaired by any legal process, or otherwise - Whenever the moneys or securities are subjected to attachment, garnishment,...
§ 46.2-457. Substitution of new proof; cancellation or return of old - The Commissioner may cancel any bond or return any certificate...
§ 46.2-458. Interpleader to determine rights in deposits; other proceedings - The Commissioner and the State Treasurer, or either, may proceed...
§ 46.2-459. When other proof of financial responsibility required; suspension of license pending furnishing of proof required - Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed by any person...
§ 46.2-460. When Commissioner to consent to cancellation of bond or policy, or return of money or securities - The Commissioner, on request and subject to the provisions of...
§ 46.2-461. When Commissioner not to release proof of financial responsibility; affidavit of nonexistence of facts - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-460 the Commissioner shall...
§ 46.2-462. New license or registration to person to whom proof surrendered - Whenever any person to whom proof has been surrendered as...
§ 46.2-463. Penalty for forging evidence of financial responsibility - Any person who forges or without authority signs any evidence...
§ 46.2-464. Application for assignment of risk to insurance carrier - Every person who has been unable to obtain a motor...
§ 46.2-465. Optional coverage for persons occupying insured motor vehicle and for named insured and his family - Once an assigned risk policy has been issued to an...
§ 46.2-466. Regulations for assignment, rate classifications, and schedules - The Commission may make reasonable regulations for the assignment of...
§ 46.2-467. Action within power of Commission - The Commission may, in its discretion, after reviewing all information...
§ 46.2-468. Information filed with Commission by insurance carrier confidential - Any information filed with the Commission by an insurance carrier...
§ 46.2-469. Commission not required to disclose reasons for action; liability of Commission for act or omission - A. The Commission shall not be required to disclose to...
§ 46.2-470. Assignment of risks for nonresidents - The provisions of this chapter relevant to assignment of risks...
§ 46.2-471. Assignment of risks for certain carriers - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-366, the provisions of this...
§ 46.2-472. Coverage of owner's policy - A. For all policies effective on or after January 1,...
§ 46.2-473. Coverage of driver's policy - Every driver's policy shall insure the person named therein as...
§ 46.2-474. Policy must contain certain agreement; additional coverage - Every policy of insurance subject to the provisions of this...
§ 46.2-475. Policy must comply with law - No policy required under this chapter shall be issued or...
§ 46.2-476. Liability covered by workers' compensation law - Policies issued under this chapter shall not insure any liability...
§ 46.2-477. When chapter applicable to policy - This chapter shall not apply to any policy of insurance...
§ 46.2-478. Several policies together meeting requirements of chapter - Several policies of one or more insurance carriers which together...
§ 46.2-479. Provisions to which every policy shall be subject but need not contain - Every policy shall be subject to the following provisions which...
§ 46.2-480. Reimbursement of carrier and proration of insurance - Any policy may provide: 1. That the insured, or any...
§ 46.2-481. Binder or endorsement in lieu of policy - Insurance carriers authorized to issue policies as provided in this...
§ 46.2-482. Notification of cancellation or termination of certified policy - When any insurance policy certified under this chapter is cancelled...
§ 46.2-483. Compact enacted into law; terms - The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and...
§ 46.2-484. Department of Motor Vehicles to be "licensing authority" within meaning of compact; duties of Department - As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority" with...
§ 46.2-485. Compensation and expenses of compact administrator - The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the...
§ 46.2-486. Governor to be "executive head" within meaning of compact - As used in the compact, with reference to the Commonwealth,...
§ 46.2-487. Statutes and ordinances deemed to cover offenses specified in subdivision (a) of Article IV of compact - For the purposes of complying with subdivisions (a) and (c)...
§ 46.2-488. Question to be included in application for driver's license; surrender of license issued by another party state - For the purpose of enforcing subdivision (3) of Article V...
§ 46.2-489. Regulations; appeals - The Commissioner may, subject to the provisions of § 46.2-203,...
§ 46.2-490. Establishment of driver improvement clinic program; application fees - A. The Commissioner shall, in his discretion, contract with such...
§ 46.2-490.1. Section 46.2-391.1 not applicable - The provisions of § 46.2-391.1 shall not apply to any...
§ 46.2-490.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 622.
§ 46.2-490.3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 46.2-490.4. Action on applications; hearing on denial - The Commissioner shall act on any application for a clinic...
§ 46.2-490.5. Suspension, revocation, cancellation or refusal to renew clinic license or instructor license; imposition of monetary penalties - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no license...
§ 46.2-490.6. Civil penalties - In addition to any other sanctions or remedies available to...
§ 46.2-490.7. Acts of owners, operators, officers, directors, partners, and instructors - If a licensee is a partnership or corporation, it shall...
§ 46.2-490.8. Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors - A clinic or instructor license may be denied, suspended, or...
§ 46.2-490.9. Unlawful acts; prosecution; proceedings in equity - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage...
§ 46.2-490.10. Changes in form of ownership or name - Any change in the form of ownership or the addition...
§ 46.2-490.11. Reports, records of licensed computer-based clinic providers - A. The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical,...
§ 46.2-491. Persons included within scope of article - This article shall apply to (i) every resident of the...
§ 46.2-492. Uniform Demerit Point System - A. The Commissioner shall assign point values to those convictions,...
§ 46.2-493. Demerit points valid for two years - Demerit points, assigned to any conviction, or finding of not...
§ 46.2-494. Safe driving point credit - Every resident or nonresident person holding a valid Virginia driver's...
§ 46.2-495. Advisory letters - Whenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen...
§ 46.2-496. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 672.
§ 46.2-498. Driver improvement clinics; voluntary attendance - A. Whenever the driving record of any person who is...
§ 46.2-499. Driver's license probation - A. The Commissioner shall place on probation for a period...
§ 46.2-500. Driver control period - Whenever an individual is placed on probation pursuant to §§...
§ 46.2-501. Notice to attend driver improvement clinic - A. Any notice to attend a driver improvement clinic shall...
§ 46.2-502. Clinic fees - A. The Department and all businesses, organizations, governmental entities or...
§ 46.2-503. Suspension of privilege to operate a motor vehicle for failure to attend clinics - The Commissioner shall suspend the privilege to operate a motor...
§ 46.2-504. Form and contents of order of probation, suspension or revocation; service - Whenever the Commissioner issues a probation, suspension or revocation order...
§ 46.2-505. Court may direct defendant to attend driver improvement clinic - A. Any circuit or general district court or juvenile court...
§ 46.2-506. Formal hearings; suspension for excessive point accumulation - A. Whenever the operating record of any person shows a...