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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59065</law_id><section_number>46.2-389</section_number><catch_line>Required revocation for one year upon conviction or finding of guilty of certain offenses; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-271.1</reference><reference>18.2-272</reference><reference>46.2-2099.49</reference><reference>46.2-390</reference><reference>46.2-411</reference><reference>46.2-412</reference><reference>46.2-425</reference><reference>46.2-487</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="12">Suspension and Revocation of Licenses, Generally; Additional Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall forthwith <span class="dictionary">revoke</span>, and not thereafter reissue for a period of time specified in subsection B, except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Forfeiture of driver's license for driving while intoxicated" href="/18.2-271/">18.2-271</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law" href="/18.2-271.1/">18.2-271.1</a>, the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license of any resident or <span class="dictionary">nonresident</span> on receiving a record of his <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> or a record of his having been found guilty in the case of a juvenile of any of the following <span class="dictionary">crimes</span>, committed in violation of a state <span class="dictionary">law</span> or a valid county, city, or town <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the United States, or a <span class="dictionary">law</span> of any other state, substantially paralleling and substantially conforming to a like state <span class="dictionary">law</span> and to all changes and amendments of it: <a id="paragraph-216605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#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 driving of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>; <a id="paragraph-216606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Violation of &#xA7; <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 subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc" href="/46.2-341.24/">46.2-341.24</a> or violation of a substantially similar local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>; <a id="paragraph-216607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Perjury</span> or the making of a false <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> under this chapter or any other <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth 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>; <a id="paragraph-216608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The making of a false statement to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> on any application for a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license; <a id="paragraph-216609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</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> of the Commonwealth or any other <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-216610" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Failure to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident, on the part of a <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> involved in an accident resulting in the death of or injury to another person; or <a id="paragraph-216611" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter" href="/18.2-36.1/">18.2-36.1</a> or &#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 id="paragraph-216612" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in subsection A, the person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license shall be revoked for one year; however, for a violation of subdivision A 1 or A 7, the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license shall be revoked as provided in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; exception; petition for restoration of privilege" href="/46.2-391/">46.2-391</a>. However, in no such event shall the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> reinstate the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license of any person convicted of a violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a>, or of a substantially similar valid local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or <span class="dictionary">law</span> of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, until receipt of notification that such person has successfully completed an alcohol safety action program if such person was required by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> to do so unless the requirement for completion of the program has been waived by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> for good cause shown. <a id="paragraph-216613" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-389/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-416; 1958, cc. 496, 541, &#xA7; 46.1-417; 1960, c. 364; 1966, c. 238; 1974, c. 453; 1976, cc. 612, 691; 1982, c. 301; 1984, c. 780; 1988, c. 860; 1989, cc. 705, 727; 1990, c. 949; 1992, cc. 109, 891; 1997, cc. 486, 691; 1999, cc. 945, 987; 2000, cc. 956, 959, 982, 985.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
