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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65529</law_id><section_number>46.2-323.01</section_number><catch_line>Issuance of credentials; relationship with federal law</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="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="4">Obtaining Licenses, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish a process for persons who, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to provide all necessary documents required for credentials issued under this chapter and must rely on alternate documents to establish identity or date of birth. Alternative documents to demonstrate legal presence will only be allowed to demonstrate United States citizenship. <a id="paragraph-238239" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-323.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall not comply with any federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> or regulation that would require the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to use any type of computer chip or radio-frequency identification tag or other similar device on or in any credential issued under this chapter. <a id="paragraph-238240" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-323.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, c. 872; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 544.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
