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Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Department so requires. The Department may also require any motor carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to the provisions of this chapter.B\n\nThe Department may prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and (ii) the length of time such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The Department or its employees shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers used in connection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing, and kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The Department and its employees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the Department, to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any motor carrier.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":280044,"text":"The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from motor carriers, except such as are exempted from the operation of the provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Department may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Department so requires. The Department may also require any motor carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to the provisions of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":280045,"text":"The Department may prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and (ii) the length of time such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The Department or its employees shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers used in connection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing, and kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The Department and its employees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the Department, to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any motor carrier.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13445,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Carriers of Property -- Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13444,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","permalink":{"id":232517,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13445,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13444,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Property Carriers","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13318,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","permalink":{"id":232515,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13444,"identifier":"21","token":"46.2\/V\/21","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/","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":85084,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-2100\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2100","metadata":false},{"id":68493,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2101","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter","url":"\/46.2-2101\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2101","metadata":false},{"id":86770,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2102","catch_line":"Compliance with chapter required","url":"\/46.2-2102\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2102","metadata":false},{"id":65539,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2103","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2103\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2103","metadata":false},{"id":56247,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2108.1","catch_line":"Disposition of funds collected","url":"\/46.2-2108.1\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2108.1","metadata":false},{"id":84548,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2108.2","catch_line":"Necessity of a permit or certificate","url":"\/46.2-2108.2\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2108.2","metadata":false},{"id":59213,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2108.3","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2108.3\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2108.3","metadata":false},{"id":65235,"structure_id":13445,"section_number":"46.2-2108.4","catch_line":"Application; 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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 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0790\">790<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0815\">815<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232615,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78118,"identifier":"46.2-2125","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2125","url":"\/46.2-2125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2125\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports, records, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carriers<\/span>, except such as are exempted from the operation of the provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> whenever the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> so requires. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may also require any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carrier<\/span> to file with it a true copy of each or any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> in relation to the provisions of this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-280044\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2125\/#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> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carriers<\/span> and (ii) the length of time such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or its employees shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carriers<\/span> used in connection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing, and kept, or required to be kept, by <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carriers<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and its employees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, to <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor carrier<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-280045\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2125\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS, RECORDS, ETC (\u00a7 46.2-2125)\n\nA. The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special\nreports from motor carriers, except such as are exempted from the operation of\nthe provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which such\nreports shall be made; and to require from such carriers specific answers to all\nquestions upon which the Department may deem information to be necessary. Such\nreports shall be under oath whenever the Department so requires. The Department\nmay also require any motor carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any\ncontract, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier\nor person in relation to the provisions of this chapter.\n\nB. The Department may prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records,\nand memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and (ii) the length of time such\naccounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts\nand expenditures of money. The Department or its employees shall at all times\nhave access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers used in\nconnection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda,\nincluding all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing,\nand kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The Department and its\nemployees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands,\nbuildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents,\npapers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be\nkept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and\nto operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the Department, to\npersons having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any motor\ncarrier.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2017, cc. 790, 815.","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}}