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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81779</law_id><section_number>46.2-346</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful acts enumerated</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-327.15</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="8">Prohibited Uses of Driver's Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall: <a id="paragraph-292997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> any <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license which he knows to be fictitious or to have been cancelled, revoked, suspended, or altered, or photographed for the purpose of evading the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-292998" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Lend to, or knowingly permit the use of by one not entitled thereto, any <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof; <a id="paragraph-292999" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Display or represent as his own any <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license not issued to him; <a id="paragraph-293000" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Reproduce by photograph or otherwise, any credential issued under this chapter with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit an illegal act; <a id="paragraph-293001" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Fail or refuse to surrender to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, on demand, any <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license issued in the Commonwealth or any other state when the license has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked by proper authority in the Commonwealth, or any other state as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, or to fail or refuse to surrender the suspended, cancelled, or revoked license to any <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which a <span class="dictionary">driver</span> has been tried and convicted for the violation of any <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of the Commonwealth or any county, city, or town thereof, regulating or affecting the operation of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>. <a id="paragraph-293002" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer</span> empowered to enforce the provisions of this title may retain any <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license held in violation of this section and shall submit the license to the appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> for evidentiary purposes. <a id="paragraph-293003" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-346/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-380; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-384; 1962, c. 368; 1984, c. 780; 1988, c. 323; 1989, c. 727; 2004, c. 722; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 544.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
