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No nonresident may drive any motor vehicle in the Commonwealth and no motor vehicle owned by him may be driven in the Commonwealth, unless the nonresident has complied with the requirements of this chapter with respect to giving proof of financial responsibility in the future.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":215611,"text":"Every provision of this chapter applies to any person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth under the same circumstances as it would apply to a resident. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 541; in 1972, chapter 638; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58853,"identifier":"46.2-431","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/14\/46.2-431","url":"\/46.2-431\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-431\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/14\/46.2-431","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter applies to nonresidents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-431","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every provision of this chapter applies to any person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth under the same circumstances as it would apply to a resident. No <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span> may drive any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in the Commonwealth and no <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> owned by him may be driven in the Commonwealth, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span> has complied with the requirements of this chapter with respect to giving proof of <span class=\"dictionary\">financial responsibility in the future<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHAPTER APPLIES TO NONRESIDENTS (\u00a7 46.2-431)\n\nEvery provision of this chapter applies to any person who is not a resident of\nthe Commonwealth under the same circumstances as it would apply to a resident.\nNo nonresident may drive any motor vehicle in the Commonwealth and no motor\nvehicle owned by him may be driven in the Commonwealth, unless the nonresident\nhas complied with the requirements of this chapter with respect to giving proof\nof financial responsibility in the future.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-451; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-463; 1972, c. 638; 1989, c.\n727.","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}}