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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61015</law_id><section_number>46.2-708</section_number><catch_line>Suspension of driver&amp;#8217;s license and registration when uninsured motor vehicle is involved in reportable accident; hearing prior to suspension</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-424</reference><reference>46.2-706</reference><reference>46.2-707.1</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="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Verification of Motor Vehicle Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When it appears to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> from the records of his office or from a report submitted by an insurance company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth that an <span class="dictionary">uninsured motor vehicle</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-705/">46.2-705</a>, subject to registration in the Commonwealth, is involved in a reportable accident in the Commonwealth resulting in death, injury, or property damage, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall, in addition to enforcing the applicable provisions of Article 13 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Suspension for failure to satisfy motor vehicle accident judgment; exceptions; insurance in liquidated company; insurer obligated to pay judgment" href="/46.2-417/">46.2-417</a> et seq.) of Chapter 3, <span class="dictionary">suspend</span> such <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license and all of his <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> and registration certificates until such person has complied with Article 13 of Chapter 3 and has paid to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a noncompliance fee of $600, to be disposed of as provided by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of funds collected" href="/46.2-710/">46.2-710</a>, with respect to the motor vehicle involved in the accident and furnishes proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> in the manner prescribed in Article 15 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each vehicle" href="/46.2-435/">46.2-435</a> et seq.) of Chapter 3. However, no <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> required by this section shall become effective until the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> has offered the person an opportunity for an administrative <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> to show cause why the <span class="dictionary">order</span> should not be enforced. Notice of the opportunity for an administrative <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> may be included in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">suspension</span>. Any request for an administrative <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> made by such person must be received by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> within 180 days of the issuance date of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> unless the person presents to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of military service as defined by the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;3901 et seq.), incarceration, commitment, hospitalization, or physical presence outside the United States at the time the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> was issued.
		However, when three years have elapsed from the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> herein required, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may relieve such person of the requirement of furnishing proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span>. The presentation by a person subject to the provisions of this section of a certificate of insurance, executed by an <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or representative of an insurance company qualified to do business in this Commonwealth, showing that on the date and at the time of the accident the vehicle was an <span class="dictionary">insured motor vehicle</span> as herein defined shall be sufficient bar to the <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> provided for in this section.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 407, &#xA7; 46.1-167.4; 1960, c. 188; 1966, cc. 181, 548; 1970, c. 68; 1972, cc. 552, 638, 729; 1973, c. 25; 1974, c. 604; 1978, c. 563; 1981, c. 193; 1984, cc. 399, 780; 1988, c. 470; 1989, c. 727; 1998, c. 404; 2012, cc. 151, 471; 2019, cc. 149, 193; 2023, c. 538; 2025, cc. 163, 177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
