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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 673; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapter 672<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 124<\/a> and 792<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":226297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66713,"identifier":"46.2-495","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-495","url":"\/46.2-495\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-495\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-495","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advisory letters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-495","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen years old or older shows an accumulation of at least eight demerit points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twelve consecutive months, or at least twelve demerit points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, respectively, the Commissioner<\/span> may mail, by first-class mail, to the last known address of the person an advisory letter listing his convictions<\/span> and the demerit points assigned thereto, including his safe driving points, if any, and furnish any other information deemed appropriate and applicable to the rehabilitation of the person, for the purpose of preventing subsequent traffic offenses<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Department<\/span>’s failure to mail, or the citizen’s nonreceipt of the advisory letter shall not be grounds for waiving any other provision of this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVISORY LETTERS (\u00a7 46.2-495)\n\nWhenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen years old or older\nshows an accumulation of at least eight demerit points based on convictions for\ntraffic offenses committed within a period of twelve consecutive months, or at\nleast twelve demerit points based on convictions for traffic offenses committed\nwithin a period of twenty-four consecutive months, respectively, the\nCommissioner may mail, by first-class mail, to the last known address of the\nperson an advisory letter listing his convictions and the demerit points\nassigned thereto, including his safe driving points, if any, and furnish any\nother information deemed appropriate and applicable to the rehabilitation of the\nperson, for the purpose of preventing subsequent traffic offenses.\n\t\tThe Department’s failure to mail, or the citizen’s nonreceipt of\nthe advisory letter shall not be grounds for waiving any other provision of this\narticle.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 453, \u00a7 46.1-514.9; 1984, c. 673; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 672;\n1998, cc. 124, 792.","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}}