{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-707.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-707.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-707.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-707.html"}],"law_id":66695,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66695,"structure_id":15817,"section_number":"46.2-707","catch_line":"Operation of uninsured vehicle; false evidence of insurance; penalty","history":"1958, c. 407, \u00a7 46.1-167.3; 1960, c. 188; 1966, cc. 181, 568; 1972, c. 552; 1973, c. 25; 1977, c. 196; 1978, c. 605; 1984, cc. 399, 780; 1986, c. 527; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 474, 489; 2013, cc. 673, 789; 2019, cc. 149, 193; 2023, c. 538; 2025, cc. 163, 177.","full_text":"Any person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 who operates or permits the operation of that motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAny person who is the operator of such an uninsured motor vehicle and not the titled owner and who knows that such motor vehicle is uninsured is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe Commissioner or his duly authorized agent, having reason to believe that a motor vehicle is being operated or has been operated on any specified date, may require the owner of such motor vehicle to verify insurance in a method prescribed by the Commissioner as provided for by \u00a7 46.2-706. The refusal or neglect of the owner to provide such verification shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle was an uninsured motor vehicle at the time of such operation.\n\t\tAny person who falsely verifies insurance to the Commissioner or gives false evidence that a motor vehicle sought to be registered is an insured motor vehicle, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tHowever, the foregoing portions of this section shall not be applicable if it is established that the owner had good cause to believe and did believe that such motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle, in which event the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-609 shall be applicable.\n\t\tAny person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 shall immediately surrender the vehicle’s license plates to the Department, unless the vehicle’s registration has been deactivated as provided by \u00a7 46.2-646.1. Any person who fails to immediately surrender his vehicle’s license plates as required by this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAbstracts of records of conviction, as defined in this title, of any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be forwarded to the Commissioner as prescribed by \u00a7 46.2-383.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license and all registration certificates and license plates of any titled owner of an uninsured motor vehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction of a violation of any provisions of this section, and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates issued in the name of such person until such person pays a noncompliance fee of $600 to be disposed of as provided for in \u00a7 46.2-710 and furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future as prescribed by Article 15 (\u00a7 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3. However, when three years have elapsed from the date of the suspension herein required, the Commissioner may relieve such person of the requirement of furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the future. When such suspension results from a conviction for presenting or causing to be presented to the Commissioner false verification as to whether a motor vehicle is an insured motor vehicle or false evidence that any motor vehicle sought to be registered is insured, then the Commissioner shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates issued in the name of such person so convicted for a period of 180 days from the date of such order of suspension, and only then when all other provisions of law have been complied with by such person.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license of any person who is the operator but not the titled owner of a motor vehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction of a violation of any provisions of this section and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license until 30 days from the date of such order of suspension.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241891,"text":"Any person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 who operates or permits the operation of that motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAny person who is the operator of such an uninsured motor vehicle and not the titled owner and who knows that such motor vehicle is uninsured is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe Commissioner or his duly authorized agent, having reason to believe that a motor vehicle is being operated or has been operated on any specified date, may require the owner of such motor vehicle to verify insurance in a method prescribed by the Commissioner as provided for by \u00a7 46.2-706. The refusal or neglect of the owner to provide such verification shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle was an uninsured motor vehicle at the time of such operation.\n\t\tAny person who falsely verifies insurance to the Commissioner or gives false evidence that a motor vehicle sought to be registered is an insured motor vehicle, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tHowever, the foregoing portions of this section shall not be applicable if it is established that the owner had good cause to believe and did believe that such motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle, in which event the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-609 shall be applicable.\n\t\tAny person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 shall immediately surrender the vehicle’s license plates to the Department, unless the vehicle’s registration has been deactivated as provided by \u00a7 46.2-646.1. Any person who fails to immediately surrender his vehicle’s license plates as required by this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAbstracts of records of conviction, as defined in this title, of any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be forwarded to the Commissioner as prescribed by \u00a7 46.2-383.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license and all registration certificates and license plates of any titled owner of an uninsured motor vehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction of a violation of any provisions of this section, and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates issued in the name of such person until such person pays a noncompliance fee of $600 to be disposed of as provided for in \u00a7 46.2-710 and furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future as prescribed by Article 15 (\u00a7 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3. However, when three years have elapsed from the date of the suspension herein required, the Commissioner may relieve such person of the requirement of furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the future. When such suspension results from a conviction for presenting or causing to be presented to the Commissioner false verification as to whether a motor vehicle is an insured motor vehicle or false evidence that any motor vehicle sought to be registered is insured, then the Commissioner shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates issued in the name of such person so convicted for a period of 180 days from the date of such order of suspension, and only then when all other provisions of law have been complied with by such person.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license of any person who is the operator but not the titled owner of a motor vehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction of a violation of any provisions of this section and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver’s license until 30 days from the date of such order of suspension.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15817,"edition_id":1,"name":"Verification of Motor Vehicle Insurance","identifier":"8","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12879,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:59:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:59:59","permalink":{"id":228483,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15817,"identifier":"8","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/8","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12879,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":226923,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12879,"identifier":"6","token":"46.2\/II\/6","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/","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":76189,"structure_id":15817,"section_number":"46.2-705","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-705\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/8\/46.2-705","metadata":false},{"id":81183,"structure_id":15817,"section_number":"46.2-706","catch_line":"Proof of insurance required of applicants for registration of motor vehicles; 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This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 407 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 1958 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 1960, chapter 188; in 1966, chapters 181 and 568; in 1972, chapter 552; in 1973, chapter 25; in 1977, chapter 196; in 1978, chapter 605; in 1984, chapters 399 and 780; in 1986, chapter 527; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapters 474<\/a> and 489<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 673<\/a> and 789<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 149<\/a> and 193<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 538<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 163<\/a> and 177<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85594,"section_number":"46.2-1558","catch_line":"Issuance of temporary license plates to dealers and vehicle owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1558\/"},{"id":81183,"section_number":"46.2-706","catch_line":"Proof of insurance required of applicants for registration of motor vehicles; verification of insurance; suspension of driver's license, registration certificates, and license plates for certain violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-706\/"},{"id":83447,"section_number":"46.2-707.1","catch_line":"Noncompliance fee payment plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-707.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85594,"section_number":"46.2-1558","catch_line":"Issuance of temporary license plates to dealers and vehicle owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1558\/"},{"id":55824,"section_number":"46.2-383","catch_line":"Courts to forward abstracts of records or furnish abstract data of conviction by electronic means in certain cases; records in office of Department; inspection; clerk's fee for reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-383\/"},{"id":56178,"section_number":"46.2-435","catch_line":"Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-435\/"},{"id":75843,"section_number":"46.2-609","catch_line":"When registration may be suspended or revoked","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-609\/"},{"id":57153,"section_number":"46.2-646.1","catch_line":"Deactivation and reactivation of registration; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-646.1\/"},{"id":81183,"section_number":"46.2-706","catch_line":"Proof of insurance required of applicants for registration of motor vehicles; verification of insurance; suspension of driver's license, registration certificates, and license plates for certain violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-706\/"},{"id":81240,"section_number":"46.2-710","catch_line":"Disposition of funds collected","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-710\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228497,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66695,"identifier":"46.2-707","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/8\/46.2-707","url":"\/46.2-707\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-707\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/8\/46.2-707","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation of uninsured vehicle; false evidence of insurance; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-707","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle<\/span> (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates<\/span> provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558<\/a> who operates or permits the operation of that motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tAny person who is the operator<\/span> of such an uninsured motor vehicle<\/span> and not the titled owner<\/span> and who knows that such motor vehicle is uninsured is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> or his duly authorized agent<\/span>, having reason to believe that a motor vehicle is being operated or has been operated on any specified date, may require the owner<\/span> of such motor vehicle to verify insurance in a method prescribed by the Commissioner<\/span> as provided for by \u00a7 46.2-706<\/a>. The refusal or neglect of the owner<\/span> to provide such verification shall be prima facie evidence<\/span> that the motor vehicle was an uninsured motor vehicle<\/span> at the time of such operation.\n\t\tAny person who falsely verifies insurance to the Commissioner<\/span> or gives false evidence<\/span> that a motor vehicle sought to be registered is an insured motor vehicle<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tHowever, the foregoing portions of this section shall not be applicable if it is established that the owner<\/span> had good cause to believe and did believe that such motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle<\/span>, in which event the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-609<\/a> shall be applicable.\n\t\tAny person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle<\/span> (i) licensed in the Commonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary license plates<\/span> provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558<\/a> shall immediately surrender the vehicle’s license plates<\/span> to the Department<\/span>, unless the vehicle’s registration has been deactivated as provided by \u00a7 46.2-646.1<\/a>. Any person who fails to immediately surrender his vehicle’s license plates<\/span> as required by this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tAbstracts of records of conviction<\/span>, as defined in this title, of any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be forwarded to the Commissioner<\/span> as prescribed by \u00a7 46.2-383<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> shall suspend<\/span> the driver<\/span>’s license and all registration certificates and license plates<\/span> of any titled owner<\/span> of an uninsured motor vehicle<\/span> upon receiving a record of his conviction<\/span> of a violation of any provisions of this section, and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver<\/span>’s license and the registration certificates and license plates<\/span> issued in the name of such person until such person pays a noncompliance fee of $600 to be disposed of as provided for in \u00a7 46.2-710<\/a> and furnishes proof of financial responsibility in the future<\/span> as prescribed by Article 15 (\u00a7 46.2-435<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3. However, when three years have elapsed from the date of the suspension<\/span> herein required, the Commissioner<\/span> may relieve such person of the requirement of furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the future<\/span>. When such suspension<\/span> results from a conviction<\/span> for presenting or causing to be presented to the Commissioner<\/span> false verification as to whether a motor vehicle is an insured motor vehicle<\/span> or false evidence<\/span> that any motor vehicle sought to be registered is insured, then the Commissioner<\/span> shall not thereafter reissue the driver<\/span>’s license and the registration certificates and license plates<\/span> issued in the name of such person so convicted for a period of 180 days from the date of such order<\/span> of suspension<\/span>, and only then when all other provisions of law<\/span> have been complied with by such person.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> shall suspend<\/span> the driver<\/span>’s license of any person who is the operator<\/span> but not the titled owner<\/span> of a motor vehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction<\/span> of a violation of any provisions of this section and he shall not thereafter reissue the driver<\/span>’s license until 30 days from the date of such order<\/span> of suspension<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION OF UNINSURED VEHICLE; FALSE EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE; PENALTY (\u00a7\n46.2-707)\n\nAny person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the Commonwealth,\n(ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii) displaying temporary\nlicense plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 who operates or permits the\noperation of that motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAny person who is the operator of such an uninsured motor vehicle and not the\ntitled owner and who knows that such motor vehicle is uninsured is guilty of a\nClass 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe Commissioner or his duly authorized agent, having reason to believe that a\nmotor vehicle is being operated or has been operated on any specified date, may\nrequire the owner of such motor vehicle to verify insurance in a method\nprescribed by the Commissioner as provided for by \u00a7 46.2-706. The refusal or\nneglect of the owner to provide such verification shall be prima facie evidence\nthat the motor vehicle was an uninsured motor vehicle at the time of such\noperation.\n\t\tAny person who falsely verifies insurance to the Commissioner or gives false\nevidence that a motor vehicle sought to be registered is an insured motor\nvehicle, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tHowever, the foregoing portions of this section shall not be applicable if it\nis established that the owner had good cause to believe and did believe that\nsuch motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle, in which event the provisions\nof \u00a7 46.2-609 shall be applicable.\n\t\tAny person who owns an uninsured motor vehicle (i) licensed in the\nCommonwealth, (ii) subject to registration in the Commonwealth, or (iii)\ndisplaying temporary license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1558 shall\nimmediately surrender the vehicle’s license plates to the Department,\nunless the vehicle’s registration has been deactivated as provided by \u00a7\n46.2-646.1. Any person who fails to immediately surrender his vehicle’s\nlicense plates as required by this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAbstracts of records of conviction, as defined in this title, of any violation\nof any of the provisions of this section shall be forwarded to the Commissioner\nas prescribed by \u00a7 46.2-383.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license and all registration\ncertificates and license plates of any titled owner of an uninsured motor\nvehicle upon receiving a record of his conviction of a violation of any\nprovisions of this section, and he shall not thereafter reissue the\ndriver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates\nissued in the name of such person until such person pays a noncompliance fee of\n$600 to be disposed of as provided for in \u00a7 46.2-710 and furnishes proof of\nfinancial responsibility in the future as prescribed by Article 15 (\u00a7 46.2-435\net seq.) of Chapter 3. However, when three years have elapsed from the date of\nthe suspension herein required, the Commissioner may relieve such person of the\nrequirement of furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the future. When\nsuch suspension results from a conviction for presenting or causing to be\npresented to the Commissioner false verification as to whether a motor vehicle\nis an insured motor vehicle or false evidence that any motor vehicle sought to\nbe registered is insured, then the Commissioner shall not thereafter reissue the\ndriver’s license and the registration certificates and license plates\nissued in the name of such person so convicted for a period of 180 days from the\ndate of such order of suspension, and only then when all other provisions of law\nhave been complied with by such person.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall suspend the driver’s license of any person who is\nthe operator but not the titled owner of a motor vehicle upon receiving a record\nof his conviction of a violation of any provisions of this section and he shall\nnot thereafter reissue the driver’s license until 30 days from the date of\nsuch order of suspension.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 407, \u00a7 46.1-167.3; 1960, c. 188; 1966, cc. 181, 568; 1972, c.\n552; 1973, c. 25; 1977, c. 196; 1978, c. 605; 1984, cc. 399, 780; 1986, c. 527;\n1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 474, 489; 2013, cc. 673, 789; 2019, cc. 149, 193; 2023,\nc. 538; 2025, cc. 163, 177.","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}}