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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67648</law_id><section_number>46.2-709</section_number><catch_line>Requiring other proof of financial responsibility in the future; suspended driver&amp;#8217;s license, registration certificate and license plates to be returned to Commissioner; Commissioner may take possession thereof</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="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>Whenever any proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> filed by any person as required by this article no longer fulfills the purpose for which it is required, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall require other proof of <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility in the future</span> as required by this article and shall <span class="dictionary">suspend</span> such person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license, registration certificates, and <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> and <span class="dictionary">decals</span> pending the furnishing of proof as required.
		Any person whose <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license or registration certificates, or <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> and <span class="dictionary">decals</span> have been suspended as provided in this article and have not been reinstated shall immediately return every such license, registration certificate, and set of <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> and <span class="dictionary">decals</span> held by him to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. Any person failing to comply with this requirement shall be guilty of a <span class="dictionary">traffic infraction</span> and upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> thereof shall be punished as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Violations of this title; penalties" href="/46.2-113/">46.2-113</a>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> is authorized to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any license, registration certificate, or set of <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> and <span class="dictionary">decals</span> on their <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> under the provisions of this chapter or to direct any police officer to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of and return them to the office of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 407, &#xA7; 46.1-167.5; 1960, c. 188; 1972, cc. 435, 609; 1976, c. 156; 1978, c. 605; 1984, c. 780; 1989, cc. 705, 727; 2025, cc. 163, 177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
