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Whenever any person fails or refuses to surrender a driver’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, license plates, or decals requiring a representative of the Department designated by the Commissioner to serve the order of suspension, cancellation, or revocation, or whenever the Department directs a sheriff to effect service of a decision, order, or notice pursuant to § 46.2-416, the person sought to be served shall, in addition to any other required statutory fees, pay a fee of ten dollars to partially defray the cost of administration incurred by the Department and the Commissioner. No such revoked, cancelled, or suspended license, special identification card, certificate of title, or registration items shall be reinstated before the ten-dollar fee is paid. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282558,"text":"Any person whose driver’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, or license plates have been suspended, cancelled, or revoked as provided in this title or in Title 18.2 and have not been reinstated, shall immediately return every such license, unless it has been surrendered to the court as required by law, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, and set of license plates or decals held by him to the Commissioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":282559,"text":"The Commissioner may take possession of any driver’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, or set of license plates or decals on their suspension, cancellation, or revocation under the provisions of this title or in Title 18.2 or may direct any law-enforcement officer to take possession of and return them to the office of the Commissioner. Whenever any person fails or refuses to surrender a driver’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, license plates, or decals requiring a representative of the Department designated by the Commissioner to serve the order of suspension, cancellation, or revocation, or whenever the Department directs a sheriff to effect service of a decision, order, or notice pursuant to § 46.2-416, the person sought to be served shall, in addition to any other required statutory fees, pay a fee of ten dollars to partially defray the cost of administration incurred by the Department and the Commissioner. No such revoked, cancelled, or suspended license, special identification card, certificate of title, or registration items shall be reinstated before the ten-dollar fee is paid. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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, chapters 322 and 541; in 1976, chapter 156; in 1981, chapter 619; in 1984, chapter 780; in 1987, chapter 696; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1992, chapter 99.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74505,"section_number":"46.2-341.22","catch_line":"Requirements upon disqualification","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.22\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57478,"section_number":"46.2-416","catch_line":"Notice of suspension or revocation of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-416\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78892,"identifier":"46.2-370","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/10\/46.2-370","url":"\/46.2-370\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-370\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/10\/46.2-370","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revoked driver’s licenses, special identification cards, certificates of title, license plates, registration cards to be returned; Commissioner may take possession of them","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-370","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person whose driver<\/span>’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, or license plates<\/span> have been suspended, cancelled, or revoked as provided in this title or in Title 18.2 and have not been reinstated, shall immediately return every such license, unless it has been surrendered to the court<\/span> as required by law<\/span>, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, and set of license plates<\/span> or decals<\/span> held by him to the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may take possession<\/span> of any driver<\/span>’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, or set of license plates<\/span> or decals<\/span> on their suspension<\/span>, cancellation<\/span>, or revocation<\/span> under the provisions of this title or in Title 18.2 or may direct any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> to take possession<\/span> of and return them to the office of the Commissioner<\/span>. Whenever any person fails or refuses to surrender a driver<\/span>’s license, special identification card, certificate of title, registration card, license plates<\/span>, or decals<\/span> requiring a representative of the Department<\/span> designated by the Commissioner<\/span> to serve the order<\/span> of suspension<\/span>, cancellation<\/span>, or revocation<\/span>, or whenever the Department<\/span> directs a sheriff to effect service of a decision, order<\/span>, or notice pursuant to § 46.2-416<\/a>, the person sought to be served shall, in addition to any other required statutory fees, pay a fee of ten dollars to partially defray the cost of administration incurred by the Department<\/span> and the Commissioner<\/span>. No such revoked, cancelled, or suspended license, special identification card, certificate of title, or registration items shall be reinstated before the ten-dollar fee is paid. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner<\/span> into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOKED DRIVER’S LICENSES, SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, CERTIFICATES OF\nTITLE, LICENSE PLATES, REGISTRATION CARDS TO BE RETURNED; COMMISSIONER MAY TAKE\nPOSSESSION OF THEM (\u00a7 46.2-370)\n\nA. Any person whose driver’s license, special identification card,\ncertificate of title, registration card, or license plates have been suspended,\ncancelled, or revoked as provided in this title or in Title 18.2 and have not\nbeen reinstated, shall immediately return every such license, unless it has been\nsurrendered to the court as required by law, special identification card,\ncertificate of title, registration card, and set of license plates or decals\nheld by him to the Commissioner.\n\nB. The Commissioner may take possession of any driver’s license, special\nidentification card, certificate of title, registration card, or set of license\nplates or decals on their suspension, cancellation, or revocation under the\nprovisions of this title or in Title 18.2 or may direct any law-enforcement\nofficer to take possession of and return them to the office of the Commissioner.\nWhenever any person fails or refuses to surrender a driver’s license,\nspecial identification card, certificate of title, registration card, license\nplates, or decals requiring a representative of the Department designated by the\nCommissioner to serve the order of suspension, cancellation, or revocation, or\nwhenever the Department directs a sheriff to effect service of a decision,\norder, or notice pursuant to § 46.2-416, the person sought to be served\nshall, in addition to any other required statutory fees, pay a fee of ten\ndollars to partially defray the cost of administration incurred by the\nDepartment and the Commissioner. No such revoked, cancelled, or suspended\nlicense, special identification card, certificate of title, or registration\nitems shall be reinstated before the ten-dollar fee is paid. All fees collected\nunder the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the\nstate treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the\nexpenses of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-395; 1958, cc. 322, 541, \u00a7 46.1-397; 1976, c. 156;\n1981, c. 619; 1984, c. 780; 1987, c. 696; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 99.","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}}