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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 17 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1989, chapters 705 and 727; in 1994, chapter 356<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 755<\/a>, 767<\/a>, and 834<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84259,"section_number":"46.2-223","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-223\/"},{"id":61610,"section_number":"46.2-300","catch_line":"Driving without license prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-300\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":226367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77103,"identifier":"46.2-308","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-308","url":"\/46.2-308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-308\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-308","dublin_core":{"Title":"Temporary exemption for new resident licensed under laws of another state; privately owned vehicle driver’s licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A resident over the age of sixteen years and three months who has been duly licensed as a driver<\/span> under a law<\/span> of another state or country requiring the licensing of drivers<\/span> shall, for the first sixty days of his residency in the Commonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license, to drive a motor vehicle<\/span> on the highways<\/span><\/span> of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tPersons to whom military privately-owned vehicle driver<\/span>’s licenses have been issued by the Department<\/span> of Defense shall, for the first sixty days of their residency in the Commonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license, to drive motor vehicles<\/span> on the highways<\/span><\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR NEW RESIDENT LICENSED UNDER LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE;\nPRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE DRIVER’S LICENSES (\u00a7 46.2-308)\n\nA resident over the age of sixteen years and three months who has been duly\nlicensed as a driver under a law of another state or country requiring the\nlicensing of drivers shall, for the first sixty days of his residency in the\nCommonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license, to drive a motor vehicle\non the highways of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tPersons to whom military privately-owned vehicle driver’s licenses have\nbeen issued by the Department of Defense shall, for the first sixty days of\ntheir residency in the Commonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license,\nto drive motor vehicles on the highways of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 17, \u00a7 46.1-355.1; 1989, cc. 705, 727; 1994, c. 356; 2002, cc.\n755, 767, 834.","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}}