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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0062\">62<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0073\">73<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55667,"section_number":"46.2-613.1","catch_line":"Civil penalty for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-613.1\/"},{"id":74495,"section_number":"46.2-655","catch_line":"Reciprocity required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-655\/"}],"permalink":{"id":227011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77208,"identifier":"46.2-613.2","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.2","url":"\/46.2-613.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-613.2\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of process in civil penalty cases for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-613.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person, whether resident or <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span>, who permits the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in the Commonwealth by his <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> or employee shall be deemed to have appointed the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> his statutory <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> for the purpose of <span class=\"dictionary\">service of process<\/span> in any proceeding against such person growing out of any violation under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil penalty for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations\" href=\"\/46.2-613.1\/\">46.2-613.1<\/a>. Acceptance by a <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span> of the rights and <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> conferred by Article 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Reciprocity required\" href=\"\/46.2-655\/\">46.2-655<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 shall have the same effect under this section as operation of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> by such <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span>, his <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>, or his employee.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE OF PROCESS IN CIVIL PENALTY CASES FOR VIOLATION OF LICENSE,\nREGISTRATION, AND TAX REQUIREMENTS AND VEHICLE SIZE LIMITATIONS (\u00a7 46.2-613.2)\n\nAny person, whether resident or nonresident, who permits the operation of a\nmotor vehicle in the Commonwealth by his agent or employee shall be deemed to\nhave appointed the operator of such motor vehicle his statutory agent for the\npurpose of service of process in any proceeding against such person growing out\nof any violation under \u00a7 46.2-613.1. Acceptance by a nonresident of the rights\nand privileges conferred by Article 5 (\u00a7 46.2-655 et seq.) of Chapter 6 shall\nhave the same effect under this section as operation of such motor vehicle by\nsuch nonresident, his agent, or his employee.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 62, 73.","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}}