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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 269 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1975, chapter 240; in 1984, chapter 780; in 1988, chapter 107; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66483,"identifier":"46.2-306","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-306","url":"\/46.2-306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-306\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption of armed services personnel and spouses and dependent children of armed services personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding \u00a7 46.2-100<\/a>, a person on active duty with the armed services of the United States or a spouse or a dependent child not less than sixteen years of age of a person on active duty with the armed services of the United States who has been licensed as a driver<\/span> under a law<\/span> requiring the licensing of drivers<\/span> in his home state or country and who has in his immediate possession<\/span> a valid driver<\/span>’s license issued to him in his home state or country shall be permitted without examination or license under this chapter to drive a motor vehicle<\/span> on the highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth. The provisions of this section shall not be affected by the person’s, spouse’s, or dependent child’s ownership of a motor vehicle<\/span> registered in Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION OF ARMED SERVICES PERSONNEL AND SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF\nARMED SERVICES PERSONNEL (\u00a7 46.2-306)\n\nNotwithstanding \u00a7 46.2-100, a person on active duty with the armed services of\nthe United States or a spouse or a dependent child not less than sixteen years\nof age of a person on active duty with the armed services of the United States\nwho has been licensed as a driver under a law requiring the licensing of drivers\nin his home state or country and who has in his immediate possession a valid\ndriver’s license issued to him in his home state or country shall be\npermitted without examination or license under this chapter to drive a motor\nvehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth. The provisions of this section\nshall not be affected by the person’s, spouse’s, or dependent\nchild’s ownership of a motor vehicle registered in Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 269, \u00a7 46.1-354.1; 1975, c. 240; 1984, c. 780; 1988, c. 107;\n1989, c. 727.","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}}