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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81981</law_id><section_number>46.2-341.7</section_number><catch_line>Commercial driver&amp;#8217;s license required; penalty</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="6.1">Commercial Driver's Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall drive a commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> in the Commonwealth unless he has been issued a commercial <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or commercial learner&#x2019;s permit and unless such license or permit authorizes the operation of the type and class of vehicle so driven, and unless such license or permit is valid. <a id="paragraph-293761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-341.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, while driving such vehicle in the Commonwealth, shall have in his immediate <span class="dictionary">possession</span> the commercial <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or commercial learner&#x2019;s permit authorizing the operation of such vehicle and shall make it available to any <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer</span> upon request. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be punishable as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Possession of registration cards; exhibiting registration card and licenses; failure to carry license or registration card" href="/46.2-104/">46.2-104</a>. <a id="paragraph-293762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-341.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall drive a commercial vehicle in Virginia in violation of any of the <span class="dictionary">restrictions</span> or limitations stated on his commercial <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or commercial learner&#x2019;s permit. A violation of the subsection shall constitute a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-293763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-341.7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 705, &#xA7; 46.1-372.7; 1993, c. 70; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2015, c. 258.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
