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Sess., c. 16; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-422; 1981, c. 237; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 615; 2000, c. 342; 2001, cc. 645, 779; 2004, c. 361; 2007, c. 432; 2022, cc. 506, 507; 2023, cc. 561, 562.","full_text":"In addition to the penalties for careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-816.1, the penalties for reckless driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868, and the penalties for aggressive driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868.1, the court may suspend the driver’s license issued to a person convicted of careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users, reckless driving, or aggressive driving for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than six months and the court shall require the convicted person to surrender his license so suspended to the court where it will be disposed of in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-398.\n\t\tAdditionally, any person convicted of a reckless driving offense which the court has reason to believe is alcohol-related or drug-related may be required as a condition of probation or otherwise to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program. If the court suspends a person’s driver’s license for reckless driving and requires the person to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program, the Commissioner shall not reinstate the driver’s license of the person until receipt of certification that the person has enrolled in and completed the alcohol safety action program.\n\t\tIf a person so convicted has not obtained the license required by this chapter, or is a nonresident, the court may direct in the judgment of conviction that he shall not, for a period of not less than 10 days or more than six months as may be prescribed in the judgment, drive any motor vehicle in the Commonwealth. The court or the clerk of court shall transmit the license to the Commissioner along with the report of the conviction required to be sent to the Department.\n\t\tThe court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such person be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle during the period of suspension for any of the purposes set forth in subsection E of \u00a7 18.2-271.1. The court shall order the surrender of such person’s license to operate a motor vehicle to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-398 and shall forward to the Commissioner a copy of its order entered pursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the restrictions imposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom such a permit is issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The court shall also provide a copy of its order to the person who may operate a motor vehicle on the order until receipt from the Commissioner of a restricted license. A copy of such order and, after receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be carried at all times while operating a motor vehicle. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section shall be punished as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-301. No restricted license issued pursuant to this section shall permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in the Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Act (\u00a7 46.2-341.1 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228831,"text":"In addition to the penalties for careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-816.1, the penalties for reckless driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868, and the penalties for aggressive driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868.1, the court may suspend the driver’s license issued to a person convicted of careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users, reckless driving, or aggressive driving for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than six months and the court shall require the convicted person to surrender his license so suspended to the court where it will be disposed of in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-398.\n\t\tAdditionally, any person convicted of a reckless driving offense which the court has reason to believe is alcohol-related or drug-related may be required as a condition of probation or otherwise to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program. If the court suspends a person’s driver’s license for reckless driving and requires the person to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program, the Commissioner shall not reinstate the driver’s license of the person until receipt of certification that the person has enrolled in and completed the alcohol safety action program.\n\t\tIf a person so convicted has not obtained the license required by this chapter, or is a nonresident, the court may direct in the judgment of conviction that he shall not, for a period of not less than 10 days or more than six months as may be prescribed in the judgment, drive any motor vehicle in the Commonwealth. The court or the clerk of court shall transmit the license to the Commissioner along with the report of the conviction required to be sent to the Department.\n\t\tThe court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such person be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle during the period of suspension for any of the purposes set forth in subsection E of \u00a7 18.2-271.1. The court shall order the surrender of such person’s license to operate a motor vehicle to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-398 and shall forward to the Commissioner a copy of its order entered pursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the restrictions imposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom such a permit is issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The court shall also provide a copy of its order to the person who may operate a motor vehicle on the order until receipt from the Commissioner of a restricted license. A copy of such order and, after receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be carried at all times while operating a motor vehicle. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section shall be punished as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-301. No restricted license issued pursuant to this section shall permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in the Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Act (\u00a7 46.2-341.1 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14811,"edition_id":1,"name":"Suspension and Revocation of Licenses, Generally; Additional Penalties","identifier":"12","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12772,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:05","permalink":{"id":225761,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14811,"identifier":"12","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/12","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/12\/","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":59065,"structure_id":14811,"section_number":"46.2-389","catch_line":"Required revocation for one year upon conviction or finding of guilty of certain offenses; 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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 1981, chapter 237; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapter 615<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 342<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 645<\/a> and 779<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 361<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 432<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 506<\/a> and 507<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 561<\/a> and 562<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57797,"section_number":"18.2-271.1","catch_line":"Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-271.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57797,"section_number":"18.2-271.1","catch_line":"Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-271.1\/"},{"id":54237,"section_number":"46.2-301","catch_line":"Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-301\/"},{"id":62139,"section_number":"46.2-341.1","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.1\/"},{"id":73682,"section_number":"46.2-398","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disposition of surrendered licenses on revocation or suspension","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-398\/"},{"id":81052,"section_number":"46.2-816.1","catch_line":"Careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-816.1\/"},{"id":71700,"section_number":"46.2-868","catch_line":"Reckless driving; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-868\/"},{"id":64733,"section_number":"46.2-868.1","catch_line":"Aggressive driving; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-868.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225803,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62771,"identifier":"46.2-392","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/12\/46.2-392","url":"\/46.2-392\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-392\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/12\/46.2-392","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suspension of license or issuance of a restricted license on conviction of certain offenses; probationary conditions required; generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-392","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to the penalties for careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-816.1<\/a>, the penalties for reckless driving<\/span> prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868<\/a>, and the penalties for aggressive driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868.1<\/a>, the court may suspend<\/span> the driver<\/span>’s license issued to a person convicted of careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users, reckless driving<\/span>, or aggressive driving for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than six months and the court shall require the convicted person to surrender his license so suspended to the court where it will be disposed of in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-398<\/a>.\n\t\tAdditionally, any person convicted of a reckless driving<\/span> offense<\/span> which the court has reason to believe is alcohol-related or drug-related may be required as a condition of probation<\/span> or otherwise to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program. If the court suspends<\/span> a person’s driver<\/span>’s license for reckless driving<\/span> and requires the person to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program, the Commissioner<\/span> shall not reinstate the driver<\/span>’s license of the person until receipt of certification that the person has enrolled in and completed the alcohol safety action program.\n\t\tIf a person so convicted has not obtained the license required by this chapter, or is a nonresident<\/span>, the court may direct in the judgment<\/span> of conviction<\/span> that he shall not, for a period of not less than 10 days or more than six months as may be prescribed in the judgment<\/span>, drive any motor vehicle<\/span> in the Commonwealth. The court or the clerk of court<\/span> shall transmit the license to the Commissioner<\/span> along with the report of the conviction<\/span> required to be sent to the Department<\/span>.\n\t\tThe court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such person be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle<\/span> during the period of suspension<\/span> for any of the purposes set forth in subsection E of \u00a7 18.2-271.1<\/a>. The court shall order<\/span> the surrender of such person’s license to operate a motor vehicle<\/span> to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-398<\/a> and shall forward to the Commissioner<\/span> a copy of its order<\/span> entered pursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the restrictions imposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom such a permit is issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The court shall also provide a copy of its order<\/span> to the person who may operate a motor vehicle<\/span> on the order<\/span> until receipt from the Commissioner<\/span> of a restricted license. A copy of such order<\/span> and, after receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be carried at all times while operating a motor vehicle<\/span>. Any person who operates a motor vehicle<\/span> in violation of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section shall be punished as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-301<\/a>. No restricted license issued pursuant to this section shall permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle<\/span> as defined in the Virginia Commercial Driver<\/span>’s License Act (\u00a7 46.2-341.1<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUSPENSION OF LICENSE OR ISSUANCE OF A RESTRICTED LICENSE ON CONVICTION OF\nCERTAIN OFFENSES; PROBATIONARY CONDITIONS REQUIRED; GENERALLY (\u00a7 46.2-392)\n\nIn addition to the penalties for careless driving and infliction of injury or\ndeath on vulnerable road users prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-816.1, the penalties for\nreckless driving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868, and the penalties for aggressive\ndriving prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-868.1, the court may suspend the driver’s\nlicense issued to a person convicted of careless driving and infliction of\ninjury or death on vulnerable road users, reckless driving, or aggressive\ndriving for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than six months and the\ncourt shall require the convicted person to surrender his license so suspended\nto the court where it will be disposed of in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-398.\n\t\tAdditionally, any person convicted of a reckless driving offense which the\ncourt has reason to believe is alcohol-related or drug-related may be required\nas a condition of probation or otherwise to enter into and successfully complete\nan alcohol safety action program. If the court suspends a person’s\ndriver’s license for reckless driving and requires the person to enter\ninto and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program, the\nCommissioner shall not reinstate the driver’s license of the person until\nreceipt of certification that the person has enrolled in and completed the\nalcohol safety action program.\n\t\tIf a person so convicted has not obtained the license required by this\nchapter, or is a nonresident, the court may direct in the judgment of conviction\nthat he shall not, for a period of not less than 10 days or more than six months\nas may be prescribed in the judgment, drive any motor vehicle in the\nCommonwealth. The court or the clerk of court shall transmit the license to the\nCommissioner along with the report of the conviction required to be sent to the\nDepartment.\n\t\tThe court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such\nperson be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle during the\nperiod of suspension for any of the purposes set forth in subsection E of \u00a7\n18.2-271.1. The court shall order the surrender of such person’s license\nto operate a motor vehicle to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions\nof \u00a7 46.2-398 and shall forward to the Commissioner a copy of its order entered\npursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the restrictions\nimposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom such a permit\nis issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The court shall\nalso provide a copy of its order to the person who may operate a motor vehicle\non the order until receipt from the Commissioner of a restricted license. A copy\nof such order and, after receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be\ncarried at all times while operating a motor vehicle. Any person who operates a\nmotor vehicle in violation of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section\nshall be punished as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-301. No restricted\nlicense issued pursuant to this section shall permit any person to operate a\ncommercial motor vehicle as defined in the Virginia Commercial Driver’s\nLicense Act (\u00a7 46.2-341.1 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-210; 1950, p. 691; 1952, Ex. Sess., c. 16; 1958, c.\n541, \u00a7 46.1-422; 1981, c. 237; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 615; 2000, c. 342; 2001,\ncc. 645, 779; 2004, c. 361; 2007, c. 432; 2022, cc. 506, 507; 2023, cc. 561,\n562.","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}}