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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80827</law_id><section_number>46.2-203.1</section_number><catch_line>Provision of updated addresses by persons completing forms; acknowledgment of future receipt of official notices</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>Whenever any person completes a form for an application, certificate of title, registration card, <span class="dictionary">license plate</span>, <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license, and any other form requisite for the purpose of this title, or whenever any person is issued a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> for a violation of the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, he shall provide his current address on the form or <span class="dictionary">summons</span>. By signing the form or <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, the person acknowledges that (i) the address is correct; (ii) any official notice, including an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">suspension</span>, will be sent by (a) prepaid first class mail to the address on the signed form with the most current date or (b) by other means of communication, including email or other electronic address, if such electronic address is provided to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> on the signed form; and (iii) the notice shall be deemed to have been accepted by the person if sent to any such address.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 24; 2020, cc. 701, 964, 965.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
