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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 166 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1984, chapter 780; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74834,"section_number":"46.2-323","catch_line":"Application for driver's license; proof of completion of driver education program; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-323\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54751,"identifier":"46.2-488","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/18\/46.2-488","url":"\/46.2-488\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-488\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/18\/46.2-488","dublin_core":{"Title":"Question to be included in application for driver’s license; surrender of license issued by another party state","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-488","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of enforcing subdivision (3) of Article V of this compact, the Department<\/span> shall include as part of the form for application for a driver<\/span>’s license under \u00a7 46.2-323<\/a> a question whether the applicant is currently licensed in another state and shall, if the applicant is so licensed, require the surrender of such license prior to the granting of such application in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUESTION TO BE INCLUDED IN APPLICATION FOR DRIVER’S LICENSE; SURRENDER OF\nLICENSE ISSUED BY ANOTHER PARTY STATE (\u00a7 46.2-488)\n\nFor the purpose of enforcing subdivision (3) of Article V of this compact, the\nDepartment shall include as part of the form for application for a\ndriver’s license under \u00a7 46.2-323 a question whether the applicant is\ncurrently licensed in another state and shall, if the applicant is so licensed,\nrequire the surrender of such license prior to the granting of such application\nin accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 166, \u00a7 46.1-167.13; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727 .","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}}