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Instead of or in addition to imposing such penalty, the Department may suspend, revoke, or cancel any license, permit, certificate, registration card or identification marker issued pursuant to this title. If, in any such case, it appears that the defendant owes any fee or tax to the Commonwealth, the Department shall enter order therefor.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":293849,"text":"The Department may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 if any person has:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":293850,"text":"Made any misrepresentation of a material fact to obtain proper operating credentials as required by this chapter or other requirements in this Code regulating the operation of motor vehicles;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":293851,"text":"Failed to make any report required in this chapter;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":293852,"text":"Failed to pay any fee or tax properly assessed against him; or","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":293853,"text":"Failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or lawful order, rule or regulation of the Department or any term or condition of any certificate, permit, or license.\n\t\t\tAny such penalty shall be imposed by order; however, no order issued pursuant to this section shall become effective until the Department has offered the person an opportunity for an administrative hearing to show cause why the order should not be enforced. Instead of or in addition to imposing such penalty, the Department may suspend, revoke, or cancel any license, permit, certificate, registration card or identification marker issued pursuant to this title. If, in any such case, it appears that the defendant owes any fee or tax to the Commonwealth, the Department shall enter order therefor.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13602,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Carriers of Passengers -- Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13319,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","permalink":{"id":231969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13602,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13319,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Passenger Carriers","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13318,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13319,"identifier":"20","token":"46.2\/V\/20","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13318,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Carriers","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231965,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13318,"identifier":"V","token":"46.2\/V","url":"\/46.2\/V\/","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":70585,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-2000\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000","metadata":false},{"id":61587,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2000.1","catch_line":"Vehicles excluded from operation of chapter","url":"\/46.2-2000.1\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.1","metadata":false},{"id":64116,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2000.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2000.2\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.2","metadata":false},{"id":60745,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2000.3","catch_line":"Disposition of funds collected","url":"\/46.2-2000.3\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.3","metadata":false},{"id":57606,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2001","catch_line":"Regulation by Department; 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criminal penalties","url":"\/46.2-2011.22\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.22","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":54936,"structure_id":13602,"section_number":"46.2-2011.24","catch_line":"Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses, permits, or certificates","url":"\/46.2-2011.24\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.24","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-2011.23\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0165\">165<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0582\">582<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74066,"section_number":"46.2-712","catch_line":"Requirements of license plates and decals","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-712\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81998,"identifier":"46.2-2011.23","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.23","url":"\/46.2-2011.23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2011.23\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.23","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations; civil penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2011.23","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may impose a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> not exceeding $1,000 if any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> has:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Made any misrepresentation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> to obtain proper operating credentials as required by this chapter or other requirements in this Code regulating the <span class=\"dictionary\">operation<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-293850\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.23\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Failed to make any report required in this chapter; <a id=\"paragraph-293851\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.23\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Failed to pay any fee or tax properly assessed against him; or <a id=\"paragraph-293852\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.23\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or lawful <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, rule or regulation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or any term or condition of any <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAny such <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> shall be imposed by <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>; however, no <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> issued pursuant to this section shall become effective until the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> has offered the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> an opportunity for an administrative <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> to show cause why the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> should not be enforced. Instead of or in addition to imposing such <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">suspend<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">revoke<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">cancel<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span>, registration card or <span class=\"dictionary\">identification marker<\/span> issued pursuant to this title. If, in any such case, it appears that the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> owes any fee or tax to the Commonwealth, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall enter <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> therefor.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-293853\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.23\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS; CIVIL PENALTIES (\u00a7 46.2-2011.23)\n\nThe Department may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 if any person\nhas:\n\n1. Made any misrepresentation of a material fact to obtain proper operating\ncredentials as required by this chapter or other requirements in this Code\nregulating the operation of motor vehicles;\n\n2. Failed to make any report required in this chapter;\n\n3. Failed to pay any fee or tax properly assessed against him; or\n\n4. Failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or lawful order, rule or\nregulation of the Department or any term or condition of any certificate,\npermit, or license.\n\t\t\tAny such penalty shall be imposed by order; however, no order issued pursuant\nto this section shall become effective until the Department has offered the\nperson an opportunity for an administrative hearing to show cause why the order\nshould not be enforced. Instead of or in addition to imposing such penalty, the\nDepartment may suspend, revoke, or cancel any license, permit, certificate,\nregistration card or identification marker issued pursuant to this title. If, in\nany such case, it appears that the defendant owes any fee or tax to the\nCommonwealth, the Department shall enter order therefor.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to\nthe civil penalty.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2013, cc. 165, 582.","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}}