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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80892</law_id><section_number>46.2-316</section_number><catch_line>Persons convicted or found not innocent of certain offenses; requirement of proof of financial responsibility in the future for certain offenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-100</reference><reference>46.2-325</reference><reference>46.2-441</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Persons Not to Be Licensed</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or learner&#x2019;s permit to any resident or <span class="dictionary">nonresident</span> person while his license or other <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> to drive is suspended or revoked because of his <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, or <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of <span class="dictionary">bail</span> upon the following charges of <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed in violation of either a <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth or a valid local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or of any federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">law</span> of any other state or any valid local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of any other state: <a id="paragraph-289956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Voluntary or <span class="dictionary">involuntary manslaughter</span> resulting from the operation of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>. <a id="paragraph-289957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Perjury</span>, the making of a false <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> under any <span class="dictionary">law</span> requiring the registration of <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> or regulating their operation on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span>, or the making of a false statement in any application for a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license. <a id="paragraph-289958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">crime</span> punishable as a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> under the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or any <span class="dictionary">felony</span> in the <span class="dictionary">commission</span> of which a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> is used. <a id="paragraph-289959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Violation of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated" href="/18.2-51.4/">18.2-51.4</a>, pertaining to maiming while under the influence, &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a>, pertaining to driving while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving after forfeiture of license" href="/18.2-272/">18.2-272</a>, pertaining to driving while the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license has been forfeited for a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, or <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated" href="/18.2-51.4/">18.2-51.4</a>, <a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving after forfeiture of license" href="/18.2-272/">18.2-272</a>, or for violation of the provisions of any federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">law</span> of any other state or any valid local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> similar to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated" href="/18.2-51.4/">18.2-51.4</a>, <a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving after forfeiture of license" href="/18.2-272/">18.2-272</a>. <a id="paragraph-289960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Failure of a <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident. <a id="paragraph-289961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> On a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time, of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for hire, without having first obtained a license for the <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof" href="/46.2-694/">46.2-694</a>. <a id="paragraph-289962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection C, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or learner&#x2019;s permit to any person convicted of a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Proof of financial responsibility in the future" href="/46.2-439/">46.2-439</a> proving his ability to respond in <span class="dictionary">damages</span> as provided in Article 15 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle" href="/46.2-435/">46.2-435</a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-289963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or reinstate a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or learner&#x2019;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in subdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Proof of financial responsibility in the future" href="/46.2-439/">46.2-439</a> under a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> liability insurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a> except that the limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">insured</span> under the policy, shall be not less than double the minimum limits set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a> for bodily injury or death of one person in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. <a id="paragraph-289964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-316/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-358; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-362; 1960, c. 364; 1966, c. 549; 1974, c. 453; 1980, c. 29; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 691; 2007, c. 496; 2025, cc. 163, 177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
