{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-316.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-316.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-316.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-316.html"}],"law_id":80892,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80892,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-316","catch_line":"Persons convicted or found not innocent of certain offenses; requirement of proof of financial responsibility in the future for certain offenses","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 46-358; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-362; 1960, c. 364; 1966, c. 549; 1974, c. 453; 1980, c. 29; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 691; 2007, c. 496; 2025, cc. 163, 177.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any resident or nonresident person while his license or other privilege to drive is suspended or revoked because of his conviction, or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of bail upon the following charges of offenses committed in violation of either a law of the Commonwealth or a valid local ordinance or of any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance of any other state:1\n\nVoluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle.2\n\nPerjury, the making of a false affidavit to the Department under any law requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on the highways, or the making of a false statement in any application for a driver&#8217;s license.3\n\nAny crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws or any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.4\n\nViolation of the provisions of &#xA7; 18.2-51.4, pertaining to maiming while under the influence, &#xA7; 18.2-266, pertaining to driving while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; 18.2-272, pertaining to driving while the driver&#8217;s license has been forfeited for a conviction, or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272, or for violation of the provisions of any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance similar to &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272.5\n\nFailure of a driver of a motor vehicle, involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident.6\n\nOn a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time, of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for hire, without having first obtained a license for the privilege as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-694.B\n\nExcept as provided in subsection C, the Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a crime set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future to the Commissioner as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 proving his ability to respond in damages as provided in Article 15 (&#xA7; 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other law of the Commonwealth.C\n\nIn addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the Department shall not issue or reinstate a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in subdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; 46.2-472 except that the limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle insured under the policy, shall be not less than double the minimum limits set forth in &#xA7; 46.2-472 for bodily injury or death of one person in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289956,"text":"The Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any resident or nonresident person while his license or other privilege to drive is suspended or revoked because of his conviction, or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of bail upon the following charges of offenses committed in violation of either a law of the Commonwealth or a valid local ordinance or of any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance of any other state:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":289957,"text":"Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":289958,"text":"Perjury, the making of a false affidavit to the Department under any law requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on the highways, or the making of a false statement in any application for a driver&#8217;s license.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":289959,"text":"Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws or any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":289960,"text":"Violation of the provisions of &#xA7; 18.2-51.4, pertaining to maiming while under the influence, &#xA7; 18.2-266, pertaining to driving while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; 18.2-272, pertaining to driving while the driver&#8217;s license has been forfeited for a conviction, or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272, or for violation of the provisions of any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance similar to &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":289961,"text":"Failure of a driver of a motor vehicle, involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":289962,"text":"On a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time, of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for hire, without having first obtained a license for the privilege as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-694.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"B"},"7":{"id":289963,"text":"Except as provided in subsection C, the Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a crime set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future to the Commissioner as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 proving his ability to respond in damages as provided in Article 15 (&#xA7; 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other law of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"C"},"8":{"id":289964,"text":"In addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the Department shall not issue or reinstate a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in subdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; 46.2-472 except that the limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle insured under the policy, shall be not less than double the minimum limits set forth in &#xA7; 46.2-472 for bodily injury or death of one person in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15802,"edition_id":1,"name":"Persons Not to Be Licensed","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12772,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:59:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:59:43","permalink":{"id":226379,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15802,"identifier":"3","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12772,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensure of Drivers","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225629,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12772,"identifier":"3","token":"46.2\/II\/3","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12771,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling, Registration and Licensure","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12771,"identifier":"II","token":"46.2\/II","url":"\/46.2\/II\/","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":80708,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-311","catch_line":"Persons having defective vision; minimum standards of visual acuity and field of vision; tests of vision","url":"\/46.2-311\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-311","metadata":false},{"id":77772,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-312","catch_line":"Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses","url":"\/46.2-312\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-312","metadata":false},{"id":76904,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-313","catch_line":"Persons with suspended or revoked licenses","url":"\/46.2-313\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-313","metadata":false},{"id":64073,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-314","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-314\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-314","metadata":false},{"id":69567,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-315","catch_line":"Persons unable to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle","url":"\/46.2-315\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-315","metadata":false},{"id":80892,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-316","catch_line":"Persons convicted or found not innocent of certain offenses; requirement of proof of financial responsibility in the future for certain offenses","url":"\/46.2-316\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-316","metadata":false},{"id":64027,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-317","catch_line":"Persons making false statement in application","url":"\/46.2-317\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-317","metadata":false},{"id":72608,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-318","catch_line":"Cancellation or revocation of license where application is false in material particular","url":"\/46.2-318\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-318","metadata":false},{"id":60901,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-319","catch_line":"Refusal or revocation of license for certain fraudulent acts in obtaining a driver's license","url":"\/46.2-319\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-319","metadata":false},{"id":85855,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-320","catch_line":"Other grounds for refusal or suspension","url":"\/46.2-320\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-320","metadata":false},{"id":81751,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-320.1","catch_line":"Other grounds for suspension; nonpayment of child support","url":"\/46.2-320.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-320.1","metadata":false},{"id":76219,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-320.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-320.2\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-320.2","metadata":false},{"id":77673,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-321","catch_line":"Appeal from denial, suspension, or revocation of license; operation of vehicle pending appeal","url":"\/46.2-321\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-321","metadata":false},{"id":81924,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-322","catch_line":"Examination of licensee believed unable to drive safely; suspension or restriction of license; license application to include questions as to abilities of applicant; false answers; examination of applicant; physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or physician assistant's statement","url":"\/46.2-322\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-322","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":69567,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-315","catch_line":"Persons unable to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle","url":"\/46.2-315\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-315","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":64027,"structure_id":15802,"section_number":"46.2-317","catch_line":"Persons making false statement in application","url":"\/46.2-317\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-317","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-316\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1960, chapter 364; in 1966, chapter 549; in 1974, chapter 453; in 1980, chapter 29; in 1984, chapter 780; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0691\">691<\/a>; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0496\">496<\/a>; in 2025, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0163\">163<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0177\">177<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"},{"id":66333,"section_number":"46.2-325","catch_line":"Examination of applicants; waiver of Department's examination under certain circumstances; behind-the-wheel and knowledge examinations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-325\/"},{"id":83456,"section_number":"46.2-441","catch_line":"Nonresident may file proof of financial responsibility in the future from insurance company or other state-authorized entity providing insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-441\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67410,"section_number":"18.2-266","catch_line":"Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-266\/"},{"id":70219,"section_number":"18.2-272","catch_line":"Driving after forfeiture of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-272\/"},{"id":54708,"section_number":"18.2-51.4","catch_line":"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-51.4\/"},{"id":56178,"section_number":"46.2-435","catch_line":"Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-435\/"},{"id":59690,"section_number":"46.2-439","catch_line":"Proof of financial responsibility in the future","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-439\/"},{"id":54272,"section_number":"46.2-472","catch_line":"Coverage of owner's policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-472\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80892,"identifier":"46.2-316","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-316","url":"\/46.2-316\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-316\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons convicted or found not innocent of certain offenses; requirement of proof of financial responsibility in the future for certain offenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-316","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> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any resident or <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span> person while his license or other <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> to drive is suspended or revoked because of his <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of <span class=\"dictionary\">bail<\/span> upon the following charges of <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> committed in violation of either a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth or a valid local <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> or of any federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of any other state or any valid local <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> of any other state: <a id=\"paragraph-289956\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Voluntary or <span class=\"dictionary\">involuntary manslaughter<\/span> resulting from the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-289957\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Perjury<\/span>, the making of a false <span class=\"dictionary\">affidavit<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> requiring the registration of <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span> or regulating their operation on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span>, or the making of a false statement in any application for a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license. <a id=\"paragraph-289958\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> punishable as a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> under the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> or any <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">commission<\/span> of which a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> is used. <a id=\"paragraph-289959\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Violation of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated\" href=\"\/18.2-51.4\/\">18.2-51.4<\/a>, pertaining to maiming while under the influence, &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc\" href=\"\/18.2-266\/\">18.2-266<\/a>, pertaining to driving while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving after forfeiture of license\" href=\"\/18.2-272\/\">18.2-272<\/a>, pertaining to driving while the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license has been forfeited for a <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated\" href=\"\/18.2-51.4\/\">18.2-51.4<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc\" href=\"\/18.2-266\/\">18.2-266<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving after forfeiture of license\" href=\"\/18.2-272\/\">18.2-272<\/a>, or for violation of the provisions of any federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of any other state or any valid local <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> similar to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated\" href=\"\/18.2-51.4\/\">18.2-51.4<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc\" href=\"\/18.2-266\/\">18.2-266<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving after forfeiture of license\" href=\"\/18.2-272\/\">18.2-272<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-289960\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Failure of a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>, involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident. <a id=\"paragraph-289961\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> On a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time, of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for hire, without having first obtained a license for the <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof\" href=\"\/46.2-694\/\">46.2-694<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-289962\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#A6\"><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> Except as provided in subsection C, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of <span class=\"dictionary\">financial responsibility in the future<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Proof of financial responsibility in the future\" href=\"\/46.2-439\/\">46.2-439<\/a> proving his ability to respond in <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> as provided in Article 15 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle\" href=\"\/46.2-435\/\">46.2-435<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-289963\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> In addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> or reinstate a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in subdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of <span class=\"dictionary\">financial responsibility in the future<\/span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Proof of financial responsibility in the future\" href=\"\/46.2-439\/\">46.2-439<\/a> under a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> liability insurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Coverage of owner&#039;s policy\" href=\"\/46.2-472\/\">46.2-472<\/a> except that the limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">insured<\/span> under the policy, shall be not less than double the minimum limits set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Coverage of owner&#039;s policy\" href=\"\/46.2-472\/\">46.2-472<\/a> for bodily injury or death of one person in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. <a id=\"paragraph-289964\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-316\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS CONVICTED OR FOUND NOT INNOCENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES; REQUIREMENT OF\nPROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES (\u00a7\n46.2-316)\n\nA. The Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s\npermit to any resident or nonresident person while his license or other\nprivilege to drive is suspended or revoked because of his conviction, or finding\nof not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of bail upon the\nfollowing charges of offenses committed in violation of either a law of the\nCommonwealth or a valid local ordinance or of any federal law or law of any\nother state or any valid local ordinance of any other state:\n\n   1. Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a\n   motor vehicle.\n\n   2. Perjury, the making of a false affidavit to the Department under any law\n   requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on\n   the highways, or the making of a false statement in any application for a\n   driver&#8217;s license.\n\n   3. Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws or any felony\n   in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.\n\n   4. Violation of the provisions of &#xA7; 18.2-51.4, pertaining to maiming\n   while under the influence, &#xA7; 18.2-266, pertaining to driving while under\n   the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; 18.2-272, pertaining to\n   driving while the driver&#8217;s license has been forfeited for a conviction,\n   or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7;\n   18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272, or for violation of the provisions of\n   any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance similar\n   to &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272.\n\n   5. Failure of a driver of a motor vehicle, involved in an accident resulting\n   in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the\n   scene of the accident.\n\n   6. On a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time,\n   of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for\n   hire, without having first obtained a license for the privilege as provided in\n   &#xA7; 46.2-694.\n\nB. Except as provided in subsection C, the Department shall not issue a\ndriver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a\ncrime set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years\nafter he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes\nproof of financial responsibility in the future to the Commissioner as provided\nin &#xA7; 46.2-439 proving his ability to respond in damages as provided in\nArticle 15 (&#xA7; 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other law of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nC. In addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the\nDepartment shall not issue or reinstate a driver&#8217;s license or\nlearner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in\nsubdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled\nto a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in\nthe future as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 under a motor vehicle liability\ninsurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; 46.2-472 except that\nthe limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each\nmotor vehicle insured under the policy, shall be not less than double the\nminimum limits set forth in &#xA7; 46.2-472 for bodily injury or death of one\nperson in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons\nin any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in\nany one accident.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-358; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-362; 1960, c. 364; 1966, c.\n549; 1974, c. 453; 1980, c. 29; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 691; 2007,\nc. 496; 2025, cc. 163, 177.","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}}