West Virginia Code
Chapter 17B. Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses

§17B-1B-3. Commissioner to Publish Information and Notify Other States of Program - The commissioner shall publish the existence of such program along...

§17B-1B-4. Anatomical Gift Act Not Affected - No provision of this article shall be construed to modify...

Article 1C. Nonresident Violator Compact

§17B-1C-1. Authorization for Entry Into Nonresident Violator Compact - The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed...

§17B-1C-2. Definitions - (1) As used in this article, the term "licensing authority,"...

§17B-1C-3. Compact Administrator - The compact administrator, as provided for in Article VI, section...

§17B-1C-4. Entry Into Other Nonresident Violator Compacts - Inasmuch as other states and the District of Columbia have...

Article 1D. Motorcycle Safety Education

§17B-1D-1. Legislative Findings - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Motorcycles account...

§17B-1D-2. Program Established - (a) The West Virginia motorcycle safety education program is hereby...

§17B-1D-3. Rider Training - (a) The division shall establish standards for the rider training...

§17B-1D-4. Instructor Training and Qualification - (a) The division shall establish standards for an approved motorcycle...

§17B-1D-5. Program Implementation - The division may enter into contracts with either public or...

§17B-1D-6. Exemption From Motorcycle License Examination - The commissioner may exempt applicants for a motorcycle driver's license...

§17B-1D-7. Motorcycle Safety Account - (a) There is hereby created a special fund in the...

§17B-1D-8. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Board Continued - (a) There is continued an eight member motorcycle safety awareness...

§17B-1D-9. Authority to Promulgate Rules - The division shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance...

Article 2. Issuance of License, Expiration and Renewal

§17B-2-1. Drivers Must Be Licensed; Types of Licenses; Licensees Need Not Obtain Local Government License; Motorcycle Driver License; Identification Cards - (a) (1) No person, except those hereinafter expressly exempted, may...

§17B-2-1a. Surrender of License From Other State or Jurisdiction Prior to Receipt of License From This State; Examination; Fees Required - (a) The Division of Motor Vehicles may not issue a...

§17B-2-1b. Transfer of Driver's Licensing Examination Function - (a) Effective July 1, 1999, the responsibility for driver's licensing...

§17B-2-1c. Temporary Identification Card for Released Inmates - (a) The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is...

§17B-2-2. Persons Exempt From License - The following persons are exempt from license hereunder: (1) Any...

§17B-2-3. What Persons May Not Be Licensed; Exceptions - (a) The division may not issue any license hereunder: (1)...

§17B-2-3a. Graduated Driver S License - (a) A person under the age of 18 may not...

§17B-2-4. Persons Prohibited From Driving School Buses or Transporting Persons or Property for Compensation - No person may drive any school bus transporting school children...

§17B-2-5. Qualifications, Issuance and Fee for Instruction Permits - (a) Any person who is at least 15 years of...

§17B-2-5a. Training, Certification and Monitoring of License Examiners - (a) The commissioner shall train, certify and monitor those employees...

§17B-2-6. Application for License or Instruction Permit; Fee to Accompany Application - (a) Every application for an instruction permit or for a...

§17B-2-6a. Voluntary Contribution to State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund - (a) Each person applying for the issuance or renewal of...

§17B-2-7. Examination of Applicants - (a) Upon the presentment of the applicants certified copy of...

§17B-2-7a. Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board - (a) The Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board is hereby continued. The...

§17B-2-7b. Separate Examination and Endorsement for a License Valid for Operation of Motorcycle - (a) The State Police shall administer a separate motorcycle examination...

§17B-2-7c. Motorcycle License Examination Fund - On and after July 1, 2007, any unexpended balance remaining...

§17B-2-8. Issuance and Contents of Licenses; Fees - (a) The division shall, upon payment of the required fee,...

§17B-2-9. License to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand; Penalty - (a) Every licensee shall have his or her driver's license...

§17B-2-9a. Exemptions of Certain Railroad Workers - Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, in...

§17B-2-10. Restricted Licenses - (a) The division upon issuing a driver's license shall have...

§17B-2-11. Duplicate Permits and Licenses - In the event that an instruction permit or driver’s license...

§17B-2-12. Expiration of Licenses - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

§17B-2-12a. Renewal of Driver's License Upon Expiration; Vision Screening; Renewal Fees - (a) The commissioner shall notify each person who holds a...

§17B-2-13. Notice of Change of Address or Name - (a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a...

§17B-2-14. Records and Indices to Be Kept by the Division - The division shall file every application for a license received...

§17B-2-15. Authority for Rules - The commissioner may propose legislative rules for promulgation that are...

Article 2A. Requirement of Compliance With Selective Service Registration

§17B-2A-1. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this...

§17B-2A-2. Compliance With Registration Requirements of Military Selective Service Act - For each application for the issuance, renewal or duplicate of...

Article 2B. License to Operate a Motor Vehicle With Bioptic Telescopic Device

§17B-2B-1. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following terms have the...

§17B-2B-2. Class G Instruction Permit or Driver S License; Participation in Approved Driver Training Program; Eligibility Criteria; Required Curriculum - (a) A person who does not meet the visual acuity...

§17B-2B-3. Class G Instruction Permit; Eligibility Criteria; Restrictions; Duration of Permit - (a) An applicant is eligible for a Class G instruction...

§17B-2B-4. Class G Driver S License; Eligibility Criteria; Duration of License; Surrender of Current License; Provisions Not Applicable to Persons Already Licensed to Drive With Bioptic Device - (a) A person who has obtained a Class G instruction...

§17B-2B-5. Restrictions on Class G Driver's License; Removal of Daytime Driving Restriction - (a) A Class G driver's license authorizes the licensee to...

§17B-2B-6. Restricted Out-of-State Drivers; Required to Obtain Class G Driver S License; Surrender of Current License; Waiver of Requirement to Participate in an Approved Driver Training Program - (a) A restricted out-of-state driver establishing residence in West Virginia...

§17B-2B-7. Renewal of License - (a) A Class G driver's license is valid for no...

§17B-2B-8. Suspension, Revocation and Reinstatement of License - (a) The commissioner may immediately suspend the Class G driver's...

§17B-2B-9. Commissioner and Director to Collect Information Regarding Class G Licensees; Report to Legislature - (a) The commissioner shall collect and monitor information regarding accidents,...

§17B-2B-10. Rules - (a) The Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services, after...

§17B-2B-11. Applicability - Except for the provisions of subsection (d), section four of...

Article 3. Cancellation, Suspension or Revocation of Licenses

§17B-3-1. Authority of Division to Cancel License - The division is hereby authorized to cancel any operator's or...

§17B-3-2. Suspending Privileges of Nonresidents and Reporting Convictions - The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways...

§17B-3-3. Suspending Resident's License Upon Conviction in Another State - The department is authorized to suspend or revoke the license...

§17B-3-3a. Suspending License for Failure to Respond or Appear in Court - (a) The division shall suspend the license of any resident...

§17B-3-3c. Suspending License for Failure to Appear in Court - (a) The division shall suspend the license of any resident...

§17B-3-4. Abstract of Judgment of Conviction for Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws to Be Sent to Division - Whenever a conviction is had in any court of record,...

§17B-3-5. Grounds for Mandatory Revocation of License by Department - The department shall forthwith revoke the license of any operator...

§17B-3-6. Authority of Division to Suspend, Restrict, or Revoke License; Hearing - (a) The division is hereby authorized to suspend, restrict, or...

§17B-3-7. Department May Require Reexamination - The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed...

§17B-3-8. Suspension for More Than One Year - The department shall not suspend a driver's license or privilege...

§17B-3-9. Surrender and Return of License Not Required - The Division, upon suspending or revoking a license, may not...

§17B-3-10. No Operation Under Foreign License During Suspension or Revocation in This State - Any resident or nonresident whose operator's or chauffeur's license or...

§17B-3-11. Mandatory Revocation of License of Certain Blind Persons - The department shall forthwith revoke the license of any operator...

§17B-3-12. Mandatory Suspension for Fraudulent Use of Driver's License - (a) The commissioner shall suspend for a period of ninety...

§17B-3-13. Reports by Health Care Providers - (a) Health care providers licensed and authorized pursuant to chapter...

Article 4. Violation of License Provisions

§17B-4-1. Unlawful Use of License or Nonoperator's Identification; License and Nonoperator's Identification Violations Generally - It is a misdemeanor for any person to commit any...

§17B-4-2. False Affidavits - Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears...

§17B-4-3. Driving While License Suspended or Revoked; Driving While License Revoked for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Controlled Substances or Drugs, or While Having Alcoholic Concentration in the Blood of Eight Hundredths of One Percent or... - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (d)...

§17B-4-4. Permitting Unauthorized Person to Drive - No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle...

§17B-4-5. Employing Unlicensed Chauffeur - No person shall employ as a chauffeur of a motor...

§17B-4-6. Renting Motor Vehicle to Another - No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other...

Article 5. Penalties

§17B-5-1. Violations of Chapter; Penalty for Misdemeanor - It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any...

§17B-5-2. Jurisdiction of Crimes by Justices - Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the...

Article 6. Effect of Chapter

§17B-6-1. Constitutionality - If any part or parts of this chapter shall be...

§17B-6-2. Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions - The provisions of all acts or parts of acts, or...

Article 7. Second Chance Driver’s License Program

§17B-7-1. Short Title - This article is known as and may be cited as...

§17B-7-2. Legislative Findings and Purpose - (a) The Legislature finds that allowing individuals who have been...

§17B-7-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: (1) “Commissioner” means the...

§17B-7-4. Second Chance Driver’s License Program Established; Creation and Administration by Director; Program Eligibility - (a) There is hereby established the second chance driver’s license...

§17B-7-5. Program Acceptance; Development of Consolidated Repayment Schedule; No Other Court Fee Payments Required - (a) A person wishing to participate in the Second Chance...

§17B-7-6. Payments to Be Made to Director; Certificate of Compliance; Failure to Comply With Consolidated Repayment Schedule - (a) Upon acceptance into the program and establishment of a...

§17B-7-7. Stay of Driver’s License Suspension or Revocation - (a) Upon receipt of a certificate of compliance prepared by...

§17B-7-8. Second Chance Driver’s License Program Account Created - There is hereby created in the State Treasury an account...

§17B-7-9. Deposit of Funds Into Account; Disbursement of Funds From Account - (a) The director shall deposit all money received from participants...

§17B-7-10. Rule-Making Authority - (a) To implement the provisions of this article, the director,...

§17B-7-11. Sunset Provision - The Second Chance Drivers License Program established under 17B-7-1, et...

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West Virginia Code Chapter 17B. Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses

West Virginia Code
Chapter 17B. Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses