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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86692</law_id><section_number>46.2-436</section_number><catch_line>Methods of proving financial responsibility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-444</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="15">Proof of Financial Responsibility</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility</span> when required under this chapter may be given by proof that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A policy or policies of <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> liability insurance have been obtained and are in full force; <a id="paragraph-310495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-436/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bond</span> has been duly executed; <a id="paragraph-310496" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-436/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A deposit has been made of money or securities; or <a id="paragraph-310497" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-436/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A self-insurance certificate has been filed, all as provided in this chapter.
			Such proof shall be presented to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in a form prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-310498" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-436/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-456; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-468; 1989, c. 727; 2025, cc. 163, 177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
