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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70114</law_id><section_number>46.2-434</section_number><catch_line>Conviction of or judgment against resident in another jurisdiction</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="14">Suspension of Licenses of Nonresidents or for Accidents in Other States</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall <span class="dictionary">suspend</span> or <span class="dictionary">revoke</span> the license and registration certificate and plates of any resident of the Commonwealth upon receiving notice of his <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commonwealth, any other state of the United States, the United States, Canada or its provinces or any territorial subdivision of such state or country, of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> therein which, if committed in the Commonwealth, would be grounds for the <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of the license granted to him or registration of any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> registered in his name. No <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> under this subsection shall continue for a longer period than it would have, had the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> been committed in the Commonwealth, provided the person gives proof of his <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> for the period provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Time suspension or revocation" href="/46.2-412/">46.2-412</a>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall take like action upon receipt of notice that a resident of the Commonwealth has failed, for a period of thirty days, to satisfy any final <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in amount and upon a <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> as stated herein, rendered against him in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of any other state of the United States, the United States, Canada or its provinces, or any territorial subdivision of such state or country.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-454; 1950, p. 888; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-466; 1988, c. 860; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 109; 1997, c. 486.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
