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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71459</law_id><section_number>46.2-200</section_number><catch_line>Department of Motor Vehicles</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Powers and Duties of Department, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be a <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span> in the executive <span class="dictionary">department</span>, responsible to the Secretary of Transportation. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be under the supervision and management of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be responsible for the administration of the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> license, registration and title <span class="dictionary">laws</span>; the issuance, <span class="dictionary">suspension</span>, and <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s licenses; the examination of applicants for and holders of <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s licenses; the administration, training, disciplining, and assignment of examiners of applicants for <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s licenses; the administration of the safety responsibility <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, fuel tax <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, the provisions of this title relating to transportation safety, and dealer licensing <span class="dictionary">laws</span>; the registration of carriers of passengers or property and vehicles that may be required to be registered under the International Registration Plan or pay road tax as described under Chapter 27 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-2700/">58.1-2700</a> et seq.) of Title 58.1 under the International Fuel Tax Agreement; the audit of carriers of passengers or property for compliance with registration and road tax requirements; proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility</span>; and any other services that may be required to create a single point of contact for motor carriers operating within and without the Commonwealth, including the operation of permanent and mobile motor carrier service centers.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-26; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-25; 1984, cc. 778, 780; 1989, c. 727; 1990, cc. 1, 317; 1995, cc. 744, 803; 1997, c. 283; 2001, cc. 70, 82.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
