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However, regardless of which address is shown on the license, the licensee shall supply the Department with his residence address, which shall be an address in Virginia. This residence address shall be maintained in the Department’s records. Whenever the licensee’s address shown either on his license or in the Department’s records changes, he shall notify the Department of such change as required by § 46.2-324.C\n\nThe Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or an authorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purpose of obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears in customer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receives information from the National Change of Address System indicating that a person whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanent change of address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update its records with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of Address System.D\n\nThe license shall be made of a material and in a form to be determined by the Commissioner.E\n\nLicenses issued to persons less than 21 years old shall be immediately and readily distinguishable from those issued to persons 21 years old or older. Distinguishing characteristics shall include unique design elements of the document and descriptors within the photograph area to identify persons who are at least 15 years old but less than 21 years old. These descriptors shall include the month, day, and year when the person will become 21 years old.F\n\nThe Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for a driver’s license or an identification card may indicate his consent to make an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, and education pursuant to § 32.1-291.5, and shall cooperate with the Virginia Transplant Council to ensure that such method is designed to encourage organ, tissue, and eye donation with a minimum of effort on the part of the donor and the Department.G\n\nIf an applicant indicates his consent to be a donor pursuant to subsection F, the Department may make a notation of this designation on his license or card and shall make a notation of this designation in his driver record. The notation shall remain on the individual’s license or card until he revokes his consent to make an anatomical gift by requesting removal of the notation from his license or card or otherwise in accordance with § 32.1-291.6. Inclusion of a notation indicating consent to making an organ donation on an applicant’s license or card pursuant to this subsection shall be sufficient legal authority for removal, following death, of the subject’s organs or tissues without additional authority from the donor or his family or estate, in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-291.8.H\n\nA minor may make a donor designation pursuant to subsection F without the consent of a parent or legal guardian as authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.).I\n\nThe Department shall provide a method by which an applicant conducting a Department of Motor Vehicles transaction using electronic means may make a voluntary contribution to the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund (Fund) established pursuant to § 32.1-297.1. The Department shall inform the applicant of the existence of the Fund and also that contributing to the Fund is voluntary.J\n\nThe Department shall collect all moneys contributed pursuant to subsection I and transmit the moneys on a regular basis to the Virginia Transplant Council, which shall credit the contributions to the Fund.K\n\nWhen requested by the applicant, and upon presentation of a signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the Department shall indicate on the applicant’s driver’s license that the applicant (i) is an insulin-dependent diabetic; (ii) is deaf or hard of hearing or speech impaired; (iii) has a traumatic brain injury; (iv) has an intellectual disability, as defined in § 37.2-100, or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in § 38.2-3418.17; or (v) has a non-apparent disability. Any request for a traumatic brain injury indicator on an applicant’s driver’s license shall be accompanied by a form prescribed by the Commissioner and completed by a licensed physician. For purposes of this subsection, “non-apparent disability” means a physical, sensory, mental, or emotional impairment that substantially limits one or more activities of daily living and that may not be visible or otherwise apparent, or a record of such impairment.L\n\nIn the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department and its employees shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the making of or failure to make a notation of donor designation on any license or card or in any person’s driver record.M\n\nThe Department shall, in coordination with the Virginia Transplant Council, prepare an organ donor information brochure describing the organ donor program and providing instructions for completion of the uniform donor document information describing the bone marrow donation program and instructions for registration in the National Bone Marrow Registry. The Department shall include a copy of such brochure with every driver’s license renewal notice or application mailed to licensed drivers in Virginia.N\n\nThe Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for an original, reissued, or renewed driver’s license may indicate his blood type. If the applicant chooses to indicate his blood type, the Department shall make a notation of this designation on his license and in his record. Such notation on the driver’s license shall only be used by emergency medical services agencies in providing emergency medical support. Upon written request of the license holder or his legal guardian to have the designation removed, the Department shall issue the driver’s license without such designation upon the payment of applicable fees.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall not disclose any data collected pursuant to this subsection except to the subject of the information and by designation on the driver’s license. Nothing herein shall require the Department to verify any information provided for the designation. No action taken by any person, whether private citizen or public officer or employee, with regard to any blood type designation displayed on a driver’s license, shall create a warranty of the reliability or accuracy of the document or electronic image, nor shall it create any liability on the part of the Commonwealth or of any department, office, or agency or of any officer, employee, or agent thereof.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285478,"text":"Every license issued under this chapter shall bear:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":285479,"text":"For licenses issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2003, a license number which shall be assigned by the Department to the licensee and shall not be the same as the licensee’s social security number;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":285480,"text":"A photograph of the licensee;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":285481,"text":"The licensee’s full name, year, month, and date of birth;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":285482,"text":"The licensee’s address, subject to the provisions of subsection B;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":285483,"text":"A brief description of the licensee for the purpose of identification;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":285484,"text":"A space for the signature of the licensee; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"A7"},"7":{"id":285485,"text":"Any other information deemed necessary by the Commissioner for the administration of this title.\n\t\t\t\tNo abbreviated names or nicknames shall be shown on any license.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"A7","prefix_anchor":"A7","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"B"},"8":{"id":285486,"text":"At the option of the licensee, the address shown on the license may be either the post office box, business, or residence address of the licensee, provided such address is located in Virginia. However, regardless of which address is shown on the license, the licensee shall supply the Department with his residence address, which shall be an address in Virginia. This residence address shall be maintained in the Department’s records. Whenever the licensee’s address shown either on his license or in the Department’s records changes, he shall notify the Department of such change as required by § 46.2-324.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A7","next_prefix":"C"},"9":{"id":285487,"text":"The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or an authorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purpose of obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears in customer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receives information from the National Change of Address System indicating that a person whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanent change of address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update its records with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of Address System.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"10":{"id":285488,"text":"The license shall be made of a material and in a form to be determined by the Commissioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"11":{"id":285489,"text":"Licenses issued to persons less than 21 years old shall be immediately and readily distinguishable from those issued to persons 21 years old or older. Distinguishing characteristics shall include unique design elements of the document and descriptors within the photograph area to identify persons who are at least 15 years old but less than 21 years old. These descriptors shall include the month, day, and year when the person will become 21 years old.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"12":{"id":285490,"text":"The Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for a driver’s license or an identification card may indicate his consent to make an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, and education pursuant to § 32.1-291.5, and shall cooperate with the Virginia Transplant Council to ensure that such method is designed to encourage organ, tissue, and eye donation with a minimum of effort on the part of the donor and the Department.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"13":{"id":285491,"text":"If an applicant indicates his consent to be a donor pursuant to subsection F, the Department may make a notation of this designation on his license or card and shall make a notation of this designation in his driver record. The notation shall remain on the individual’s license or card until he revokes his consent to make an anatomical gift by requesting removal of the notation from his license or card or otherwise in accordance with § 32.1-291.6. Inclusion of a notation indicating consent to making an organ donation on an applicant’s license or card pursuant to this subsection shall be sufficient legal authority for removal, following death, of the subject’s organs or tissues without additional authority from the donor or his family or estate, in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-291.8.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F","next_prefix":"H"},"14":{"id":285492,"text":"A minor may make a donor designation pursuant to subsection F without the consent of a parent or legal guardian as authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":["H"],"prefix":"H","entire_prefix":"H","prefix_anchor":"H","level":1,"prior_prefix":"G","next_prefix":"I"},"15":{"id":285493,"text":"The Department shall provide a method by which an applicant conducting a Department of Motor Vehicles transaction using electronic means may make a voluntary contribution to the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund (Fund) established pursuant to § 32.1-297.1. The Department shall inform the applicant of the existence of the Fund and also that contributing to the Fund is voluntary.","type":"section","prefixes":["I"],"prefix":"I","entire_prefix":"I","prefix_anchor":"I","level":1,"prior_prefix":"H","next_prefix":"J"},"16":{"id":285494,"text":"The Department shall collect all moneys contributed pursuant to subsection I and transmit the moneys on a regular basis to the Virginia Transplant Council, which shall credit the contributions to the Fund.","type":"section","prefixes":["J"],"prefix":"J","entire_prefix":"J","prefix_anchor":"J","level":1,"prior_prefix":"I","next_prefix":"K"},"17":{"id":285495,"text":"When requested by the applicant, and upon presentation of a signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the Department shall indicate on the applicant’s driver’s license that the applicant (i) is an insulin-dependent diabetic; (ii) is deaf or hard of hearing or speech impaired; (iii) has a traumatic brain injury; (iv) has an intellectual disability, as defined in § 37.2-100, or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in § 38.2-3418.17; or (v) has a non-apparent disability. Any request for a traumatic brain injury indicator on an applicant’s driver’s license shall be accompanied by a form prescribed by the Commissioner and completed by a licensed physician. For purposes of this subsection, “non-apparent disability” means a physical, sensory, mental, or emotional impairment that substantially limits one or more activities of daily living and that may not be visible or otherwise apparent, or a record of such impairment.","type":"section","prefixes":["K"],"prefix":"K","entire_prefix":"K","prefix_anchor":"K","level":1,"prior_prefix":"J","next_prefix":"L"},"18":{"id":285496,"text":"In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department and its employees shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the making of or failure to make a notation of donor designation on any license or card or in any person’s driver record.","type":"section","prefixes":["L"],"prefix":"L","entire_prefix":"L","prefix_anchor":"L","level":1,"prior_prefix":"K","next_prefix":"M"},"19":{"id":285497,"text":"The Department shall, in coordination with the Virginia Transplant Council, prepare an organ donor information brochure describing the organ donor program and providing instructions for completion of the uniform donor document information describing the bone marrow donation program and instructions for registration in the National Bone Marrow Registry. The Department shall include a copy of such brochure with every driver’s license renewal notice or application mailed to licensed drivers in Virginia.","type":"section","prefixes":["M"],"prefix":"M","entire_prefix":"M","prefix_anchor":"M","level":1,"prior_prefix":"L","next_prefix":"N"},"20":{"id":285498,"text":"The Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for an original, reissued, or renewed driver’s license may indicate his blood type. If the applicant chooses to indicate his blood type, the Department shall make a notation of this designation on his license and in his record. Such notation on the driver’s license shall only be used by emergency medical services agencies in providing emergency medical support. Upon written request of the license holder or his legal guardian to have the designation removed, the Department shall issue the driver’s license without such designation upon the payment of applicable fees.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall not disclose any data collected pursuant to this subsection except to the subject of the information and by designation on the driver’s license. Nothing herein shall require the Department to verify any information provided for the designation. No action taken by any person, whether private citizen or public officer or employee, with regard to any blood type designation displayed on a driver’s license, shall create a warranty of the reliability or accuracy of the document or electronic image, nor shall it create any liability on the part of the Commonwealth or of any department, office, or agency or of any officer, employee, or agent thereof.","type":"section","prefixes":["N"],"prefix":"N","entire_prefix":"N","prefix_anchor":"N","level":1,"prior_prefix":"M"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16362,"edition_id":1,"name":"Form of Licenses; Identity Documents Issued by Department","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12772,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:15:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:15:11","permalink":{"id":226861,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16362,"identifier":"7","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/7\/","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":79681,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-342","catch_line":"What license to contain; organ donor information; Uniform Donor Document","url":"\/46.2-342\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-342","metadata":false},{"id":75761,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-343","catch_line":"Duplicate driver's license, reissued driver's licenses, learner's permit; fees","url":"\/46.2-343\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-343","metadata":false},{"id":82141,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-344","catch_line":"Temporary driver's permit","url":"\/46.2-344\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-344","metadata":false},{"id":67308,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-345","catch_line":"Issuance of special identification cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties","url":"\/46.2-345\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-345","metadata":false},{"id":87217,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-345.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-345.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-345.1","metadata":false},{"id":77296,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-345.2","catch_line":"Issuance of special identification cards without photographs; fee; confidentiality; penalties","url":"\/46.2-345.2\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-345.2","metadata":false},{"id":86626,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-345.3","catch_line":"Issuance of identification privilege cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties","url":"\/46.2-345.3\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-345.3","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":75761,"structure_id":16362,"section_number":"46.2-343","catch_line":"Duplicate driver's license, reissued driver's licenses, learner's permit; fees","url":"\/46.2-343\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-343","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-342\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 31 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 1962, chapter 368; in 1968, chapter 642; in 1972, chapter 538; in 1976, chapter 57; in 1979, chapter 124; in 1982, chapter 180; in 1983, chapter 608; in 1984, chapter 780; in 1989, chapters 139, 705, and 727; in 1990, chapter 159; in 1993, chapters 118 and 986; in 1995, chapters 350<\/a> and 372<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 486<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 322<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 330<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 810<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 148<\/a> and 157<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 135<\/a>, 767<\/a>, and 834<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 306<\/a> and 335<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 259<\/a> and 828<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 92<\/a> and 907<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 82<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 834<\/a> and 872<\/a>; in 2010, chapters 25<\/a> and 55<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 702<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 135<\/a> and 743<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 288<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 545<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 796<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 532<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82064,"section_number":"20-91","catch_line":"Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-91\/"},{"id":68053,"section_number":"32.1-263","catch_line":"Filing death certificates; medical certification; investigation by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-263\/"},{"id":70103,"section_number":"32.1-267","catch_line":"Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-267\/"},{"id":68236,"section_number":"32.1-268","catch_line":"Reports of divorces and annulments","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-268\/"},{"id":58737,"section_number":"32.1-292.2","catch_line":"The Virginia Donor Registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-292.2\/"},{"id":67308,"section_number":"46.2-345","catch_line":"Issuance of special identification cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-345\/"},{"id":86626,"section_number":"46.2-345.3","catch_line":"Issuance of identification privilege cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-345.3\/"},{"id":64770,"section_number":"46.2-600.1","catch_line":"Indication of special communication needs","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-600.1\/"},{"id":77180,"section_number":"54.1-116","catch_line":"Applicants to include social security numbers, or other identifying number; exemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-116\/"},{"id":58146,"section_number":"55.1-1203","catch_line":"Application; deposit, fee, and additional information","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1203\/"},{"id":59512,"section_number":"63.2-1903","catch_line":"Authority to issue certain orders; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1903\/"},{"id":86016,"section_number":"63.2-1937","catch_line":"Applications for occupational or other license to include social security or control number; suspension upon delinquency; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1937\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72836,"section_number":"32.1-291.1","catch_line":"Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-291.1\/"},{"id":83682,"section_number":"32.1-291.5","catch_line":"Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-291.5\/"},{"id":70327,"section_number":"32.1-291.6","catch_line":"Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-291.6\/"},{"id":63591,"section_number":"32.1-297.1","catch_line":"The Virginia Transplant Council","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-297.1\/"},{"id":76036,"section_number":"37.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-100\/"},{"id":81144,"section_number":"38.2-3418.17","catch_line":"Coverage for autism spectrum disorder","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3418.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226863,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79681,"identifier":"46.2-342","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-342","url":"\/46.2-342\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-342\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/7\/46.2-342","dublin_core":{"Title":"What license to contain; organ donor information; Uniform Donor Document","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-342","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every license issued under this chapter shall bear: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> For licenses issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2003, a license number which shall be assigned by the Department<\/span> to the licensee and shall not be the same as the licensee’s social security number; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A photograph of the licensee; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The licensee’s full name, year, month, and date of birth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The licensee’s address, subject to the provisions of subsection B; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A brief<\/span> description of the licensee for the purpose of identification; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A space for the signature of the licensee; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Any other information deemed necessary by the Commissioner<\/span> for the administration of this title.\n\t\t\t\tNo abbreviated names or nicknames shall be shown on any license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At the option of the licensee, the address shown on the license may be either the post office box, business, or residence address of the licensee, provided such address is located in Virginia. However, regardless of which address is shown on the license, the licensee shall supply the Department<\/span> with his residence address, which shall be an address in Virginia. This residence address shall be maintained in the Department<\/span>’s records. Whenever the licensee’s address shown either on his license or in the Department<\/span>’s records changes, he shall notify the Department<\/span> of such change as required by § 46.2-324<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may contract<\/span> with the United States Postal Service or an authorized agent<\/span> to use the National Change of Address System for the purpose of obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears in customer records maintained by the Department<\/span>. If the Department<\/span> receives information from the National Change of Address System indicating that a person whose name appears in a Department<\/span> record has submitted a permanent change of address to the Postal Service, the Department<\/span> may then update its records with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of Address System. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The license shall be made of a material<\/span> and in a form to be determined by the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Licenses issued to persons less than 21 years old shall be immediately and readily distinguishable from those issued to persons 21 years old or older. Distinguishing characteristics shall include unique design elements of the document and descriptors within the photograph area to identify persons who are at least 15 years old but less than 21 years old. These descriptors shall include the month, day, and year when the person will become 21 years old. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall establish a method by which an applicant for a driver<\/span>’s license or an identification card may indicate his consent to make an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, and education pursuant to § 32.1-291.5<\/a>, and shall cooperate with the Virginia Transplant Council to ensure that such method is designed to encourage organ, tissue, and eye donation with a minimum of effort on the part of the donor and the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> If an applicant indicates his consent to be a donor pursuant to subsection F, the Department<\/span> may make a notation of this designation on his license or card and shall make a notation of this designation in his driver<\/span> record. The notation shall remain on the individual’s license or card until he revokes<\/span> his consent to make an anatomical gift by requesting removal of the notation from his license or card or otherwise in accordance with § 32.1-291.6<\/a>. Inclusion of a notation indicating consent to making an organ donation on an applicant’s license or card pursuant to this subsection shall be sufficient legal authority for removal, following death, of the subject’s organs or tissues without additional authority from the donor or his family or estate, in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-291.8<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

H.<\/span> A minor<\/span> may make a donor designation pursuant to subsection F without the consent of a parent or legal guardian as authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

I.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall provide a method by which an applicant conducting a Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles<\/span> transaction using electronic means may make a voluntary contribution to the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund (Fund) established pursuant to § 32.1-297.1<\/a>. The Department<\/span> shall inform the applicant of the existence of the Fund and also that contributing to the Fund is voluntary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

J.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall collect all moneys contributed pursuant to subsection I and transmit the moneys on a regular basis to the Virginia Transplant Council, which shall credit the contributions to the Fund. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

K.<\/span> When requested by the applicant, and upon presentation of a signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the Department<\/span> shall indicate on the applicant’s driver<\/span>’s license that the applicant (i) is an insulin-dependent diabetic; (ii) is deaf or hard of hearing<\/span> or speech impaired; (iii) has a traumatic brain injury; (iv) has an intellectual disability, as defined in § 37.2-100<\/a>, or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in § 38.2-3418.17<\/a>; or (v) has a non-apparent disability<\/span>. Any request for a traumatic brain injury indicator on an applicant’s driver<\/span>’s license shall be accompanied by a form prescribed by the Commissioner<\/span> and completed by a licensed physician. For purposes of this subsection, “non-apparent disability<\/span>” means a physical, sensory, mental, or emotional impairment that substantially limits one or more activities of daily living and that may not be visible or otherwise apparent, or a record of such impairment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

L.<\/span> In the absence of gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct, the Department<\/span> and its employees shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the making of or failure to make a notation of donor designation on any license or card or in any person’s driver<\/span> record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

M.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall, in coordination with the Virginia Transplant Council, prepare an organ donor information brochure describing the organ donor program and providing instructions for completion of the uniform donor document information describing the bone marrow donation program and instructions for registration in the National Bone Marrow Registry. The Department<\/span> shall include a copy of such brochure with every driver<\/span>’s license renewal notice or application mailed to licensed drivers<\/span> in Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

N.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall establish a method by which an applicant for an original, reissued, or renewed driver<\/span>’s license may indicate his blood type. If the applicant chooses to indicate his blood type, the Department<\/span> shall make a notation of this designation on his license and in his record. Such notation on the driver<\/span>’s license shall only be used by emergency medical services agencies in providing emergency medical support. Upon written request of the license holder or his legal guardian to have the designation removed, the Department<\/span> shall issue<\/span> the driver<\/span>’s license without such designation upon the payment of applicable fees.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the Department<\/span> shall not disclose any data collected pursuant to this subsection except to the subject of the information and by designation on the driver<\/span>’s license. Nothing herein shall require the Department<\/span> to verify any information provided for the designation. No action taken by any person, whether private citizen or public officer or employee, with regard to any blood type designation displayed on a driver<\/span>’s license, shall create a warranty of the reliability or accuracy of the document or electronic image, nor shall it create any liability on the part of the Commonwealth or of any department<\/span>, office, or agency or of any officer, employee, or agent<\/span> thereof. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT LICENSE TO CONTAIN; ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION; UNIFORM DONOR DOCUMENT (\u00a7\n46.2-342)\n\nA. Every license issued under this chapter shall bear:\n\n 1. For licenses issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2003, a license number\n which shall be assigned by the Department to the licensee and shall not be the\n same as the licensee’s social security number;\n\n 2. A photograph of the licensee;\n\n 3. The licensee’s full name, year, month, and date of birth;\n\n 4. The licensee’s address, subject to the provisions of subsection B;\n\n 5. A brief description of the licensee for the purpose of identification;\n\n 6. A space for the signature of the licensee; and\n\n 7. Any other information deemed necessary by the Commissioner for the\n administration of this title.\n \t\t\t\tNo abbreviated names or nicknames shall be shown on any license.\n\nB. At the option of the licensee, the address shown on the license may be either\nthe post office box, business, or residence address of the licensee, provided\nsuch address is located in Virginia. However, regardless of which address is\nshown on the license, the licensee shall supply the Department with his\nresidence address, which shall be an address in Virginia. This residence address\nshall be maintained in the Department’s records. Whenever the\nlicensee’s address shown either on his license or in the\nDepartment’s records changes, he shall notify the Department of such\nchange as required by § 46.2-324.\n\nC. The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or an\nauthorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purpose of\nobtaining current address information for a person whose name appears in\ncustomer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receives\ninformation from the National Change of Address System indicating that a person\nwhose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanent change of\naddress to the Postal Service, the Department may then update its records with\nthe mailing address obtained from the National Change of Address System.\n\nD. The license shall be made of a material and in a form to be determined by the\nCommissioner.\n\nE. Licenses issued to persons less than 21 years old shall be immediately and\nreadily distinguishable from those issued to persons 21 years old or older.\nDistinguishing characteristics shall include unique design elements of the\ndocument and descriptors within the photograph area to identify persons who are\nat least 15 years old but less than 21 years old. These descriptors shall\ninclude the month, day, and year when the person will become 21 years old.\n\nF. The Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for a\ndriver’s license or an identification card may indicate his consent to\nmake an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, and education\npursuant to § 32.1-291.5, and shall cooperate with the Virginia Transplant\nCouncil to ensure that such method is designed to encourage organ, tissue, and\neye donation with a minimum of effort on the part of the donor and the\nDepartment.\n\nG. If an applicant indicates his consent to be a donor pursuant to subsection F,\nthe Department may make a notation of this designation on his license or card\nand shall make a notation of this designation in his driver record. The notation\nshall remain on the individual’s license or card until he revokes his\nconsent to make an anatomical gift by requesting removal of the notation from\nhis license or card or otherwise in accordance with § 32.1-291.6. Inclusion\nof a notation indicating consent to making an organ donation on an\napplicant’s license or card pursuant to this subsection shall be\nsufficient legal authority for removal, following death, of the subject’s\norgans or tissues without additional authority from the donor or his family or\nestate, in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-291.8.\n\nH. A minor may make a donor designation pursuant to subsection F without the\nconsent of a parent or legal guardian as authorized by the Revised Uniform\nAnatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.).\n\nI. The Department shall provide a method by which an applicant conducting a\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles transaction using electronic means may make a\nvoluntary contribution to the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund\n(Fund) established pursuant to § 32.1-297.1. The Department shall inform\nthe applicant of the existence of the Fund and also that contributing to the\nFund is voluntary.\n\nJ. The Department shall collect all moneys contributed pursuant to subsection I\nand transmit the moneys on a regular basis to the Virginia Transplant Council,\nwhich shall credit the contributions to the Fund.\n\nK. When requested by the applicant, and upon presentation of a signed statement\nby a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the\nDepartment shall indicate on the applicant’s driver’s license that\nthe applicant (i) is an insulin-dependent diabetic; (ii) is deaf or hard of\nhearing or speech impaired; (iii) has a traumatic brain injury; (iv) has an\nintellectual disability, as defined in § 37.2-100, or autism spectrum\ndisorder, as defined in § 38.2-3418.17; or (v) has a non-apparent\ndisability. Any request for a traumatic brain injury indicator on an\napplicant’s driver’s license shall be accompanied by a form\nprescribed by the Commissioner and completed by a licensed physician. For\npurposes of this subsection, “non-apparent disability” means a\nphysical, sensory, mental, or emotional impairment that substantially limits one\nor more activities of daily living and that may not be visible or otherwise\napparent, or a record of such impairment.\n\nL. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department and\nits employees shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection\nwith the making of or failure to make a notation of donor designation on any\nlicense or card or in any person’s driver record.\n\nM. The Department shall, in coordination with the Virginia Transplant Council,\nprepare an organ donor information brochure describing the organ donor program\nand providing instructions for completion of the uniform donor document\ninformation describing the bone marrow donation program and instructions for\nregistration in the National Bone Marrow Registry. The Department shall include\na copy of such brochure with every driver’s license renewal notice or\napplication mailed to licensed drivers in Virginia.\n\nN. The Department shall establish a method by which an applicant for an\noriginal, reissued, or renewed driver’s license may indicate his blood\ntype. If the applicant chooses to indicate his blood type, the Department shall\nmake a notation of this designation on his license and in his record. Such\nnotation on the driver’s license shall only be used by emergency medical\nservices agencies in providing emergency medical support. Upon written request\nof the license holder or his legal guardian to have the designation removed, the\nDepartment shall issue the driver’s license without such designation upon\nthe payment of applicable fees.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall not disclose\nany data collected pursuant to this subsection except to the subject of the\ninformation and by designation on the driver’s license. Nothing herein\nshall require the Department to verify any information provided for the\ndesignation. No action taken by any person, whether private citizen or public\nofficer or employee, with regard to any blood type designation displayed on a\ndriver’s license, shall create a warranty of the reliability or accuracy\nof the document or electronic image, nor shall it create any liability on the\npart of the Commonwealth or of any department, office, or agency or of any\nofficer, employee, or agent thereof.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-370; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-375; 1962, c. 368; 1968, c.\n642; 1972, c. 538; 1976, c. 57; 1979, c. 124; 1982, c. 180; 1983, c. 608; 1984,\nc. 780; 1989, cc. 139, 705, 727; 1990, c. 159; 1993, cc. 118, 986; 1995, cc.\n350, 372; 1997, c. 486; 1998, c. 322; 1999, c. 330; 2000, c. 810; 2001, cc. 148,\n157; 2002, cc. 135, 767, 834; 2003, cc. 306, 335; 2005, cc. 259, 828; 2007, cc.\n92, 907; 2008, c. 82; 2009, cc. 834, 872; 2010, cc. 25, 55; 2014, c. 702; 2016,\ncc. 135, 743; 2019, c. 288; 2020, c. 545; 2022, c. 796; 2025, c. 532.","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}}