{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-1256.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-1256.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-1256.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-1256.html"}],"law_id":67548,"edition_id":1,"section_id":67548,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1256","catch_line":"Notice of convictions; revocation of disabled parking placards and license plates","history":"1997, cc. 783, 904.","full_text":"A\n\nUpon the entry of a conviction under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1253, or under any ordinance which incorporates any of those sections by reference, the court shall send notice of the conviction and the number of the license plate or placard involved to the Commissioner. Such notice may be transmitted by electronic means.B\n\nUpon receiving notice pursuant to subsection A of this section, the Commissioner may revoke any disabled parking license plate, DV disabled parking license plate, organizational, permanent, or temporary placard of an individual or organization found guilty under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1253 if he finds, after a hearing if requested by the person to whom the license plate or placard is issued, that such person (i) is not a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk and is not otherwise eligible to be issued a license plate or a placard pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-731, 46.2-739, or &#xA7; 46.2-1241, or (ii) is authorized to have such license plate or placard but has allowed the abuse or misuse of the privilege granted thereby so that revocation appears appropriate to remedy the abuse or misuse.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":244755,"text":"Upon the entry of a conviction under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1253, or under any ordinance which incorporates any of those sections by reference, the court shall send notice of the conviction and the number of the license plate or placard involved to the Commissioner. Such notice may be transmitted by electronic means.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":244756,"text":"Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection A of this section, the Commissioner may revoke any disabled parking license plate, DV disabled parking license plate, organizational, permanent, or temporary placard of an individual or organization found guilty under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1253 if he finds, after a hearing if requested by the person to whom the license plate or placard is issued, that such person (i) is not a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk and is not otherwise eligible to be issued a license plate or a placard pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-731, 46.2-739, or &#xA7; 46.2-1241, or (ii) is authorized to have such license plate or placard but has allowed the abuse or misuse of the privilege granted thereby so that revocation appears appropriate to remedy the abuse or misuse.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13939,"edition_id":1,"name":"Parking for Persons With Disabilities","identifier":"12.1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:21","permalink":{"id":229953,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13939,"identifier":"12.1","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1","url":"\/46.2\/III\/12.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60107,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1240","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-1240\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1240","metadata":false},{"id":69726,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1241","catch_line":"Issuance of disabled parking placards","url":"\/46.2-1241\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1241","metadata":false},{"id":62827,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1242","catch_line":"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; 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additional requirements","url":"\/46.2-1259\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1259","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":82864,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1255","catch_line":"Confiscation of disabled parking placards","url":"\/46.2-1255\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1255","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83028,"structure_id":13939,"section_number":"46.2-1257","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-1257\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1257","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-1256\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0904\">904<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82864,"section_number":"46.2-1255","catch_line":"Confiscation of disabled parking placards","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1255\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69726,"section_number":"46.2-1241","catch_line":"Issuance of disabled parking placards","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1241\/"},{"id":67724,"section_number":"46.2-1247","catch_line":"Counterfeiting disabled parking license plates or placards; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1247\/"},{"id":77130,"section_number":"46.2-1253","catch_line":"Providing a disabled parking license plate or placard; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1253\/"},{"id":81653,"section_number":"46.2-731","catch_line":"Disabled parking license plates; owners of vehicles specially equipped and used to transport persons with disabilities; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-731\/"},{"id":75883,"section_number":"46.2-739","catch_line":"Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-739\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67548,"identifier":"46.2-1256","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1256","url":"\/46.2-1256\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1256\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1256","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of convictions; revocation of disabled parking placards and license plates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1256","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Upon the entry of a <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Counterfeiting disabled parking license plates or placards; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1247\/\">46.2-1247<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Providing a disabled parking license plate or placard; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1253\/\">46.2-1253<\/a>, or under any <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> which incorporates any of those sections by reference, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall send notice of the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> and the number of the <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or placard involved to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. Such notice may be transmitted by electronic means. <a id=\"paragraph-244755\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1256\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection A of this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">revoke<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">disabled parking license plate<\/span>, DV <span class=\"dictionary\">disabled parking license plate<\/span>, organizational, permanent, or temporary placard of an individual or organization found guilty under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Counterfeiting disabled parking license plates or placards; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1247\/\">46.2-1247<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Providing a disabled parking license plate or placard; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1253\/\">46.2-1253<\/a> if he finds, after a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> if requested by the person to whom the license plate or placard is issued, that such person (i) is not a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk and is not otherwise eligible to be issued a license plate or a placard pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Disabled parking license plates; owners of vehicles specially equipped and used to transport persons with disabilities; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-731\/\">46.2-731<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-739\/\">46.2-739<\/a>, or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of disabled parking placards\" href=\"\/46.2-1241\/\">46.2-1241<\/a>, or (ii) is authorized to have such license plate or placard but has allowed the abuse or misuse of the <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> granted thereby so that <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> appears appropriate to remedy the abuse or misuse. <a id=\"paragraph-244756\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1256\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF CONVICTIONS; REVOCATION OF DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS AND LICENSE\nPLATES (\u00a7 46.2-1256)\n\nA. Upon the entry of a conviction under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through\n46.2-1253, or under any ordinance which incorporates any of those sections by\nreference, the court shall send notice of the conviction and the number of the\nlicense plate or placard involved to the Commissioner. Such notice may be\ntransmitted by electronic means.\n\nB. Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection A of this section, the\nCommissioner may revoke any disabled parking license plate, DV disabled parking\nlicense plate, organizational, permanent, or temporary placard of an individual\nor organization found guilty under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1253 if\nhe finds, after a hearing if requested by the person to whom the license plate\nor placard is issued, that such person (i) is not a person with a disability\nthat limits or impairs his ability to walk and is not otherwise eligible to be\nissued a license plate or a placard pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-731, 46.2-739,\nor &#xA7; 46.2-1241, or (ii) is authorized to have such license plate or placard\nbut has allowed the abuse or misuse of the privilege granted thereby so that\nrevocation appears appropriate to remedy the abuse or misuse.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 783, 904.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}