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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57581</law_id><section_number>46.2-461</section_number><catch_line>When Commissioner not to release proof of financial responsibility; affidavit of nonexistence of facts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-460</reference><reference>5.1-88.3</reference><reference>5.1-88.9</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When Commissioner to consent to cancellation of bond or policy, or return of money or securities" href="/46.2-460/">46.2-460</a> the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall not release the proof in the event: <a id="paragraph-210954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-461/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any action for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> upon a liability included in this chapter is then pending; <a id="paragraph-210955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-461/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> on any liability is then outstanding and unsatisfied; or <a id="paragraph-210956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-461/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> has received notice that the person involved has within the period of twelve months immediately preceding been involved as a <span class="dictionary">driver</span> in any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> accident. <a id="paragraph-210957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-461/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> of the applicant of the nonexistence of these <span class="dictionary">facts</span> shall be sufficient <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> thereof in the absence of <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in the records of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> tending to indicate the contrary. <a id="paragraph-210958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-461/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-481; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-492; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
