                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COURTS TO KEEP FULL RECORDS OF CERTAIN CASES (§ 46.2-382)

A. Every district court or circuit court or the clerk thereof shall keep a full
record of every case in which:

   1. A person is charged with (i) a violation of any law of the Commonwealth
   pertaining to the operator or operation of a motor vehicle or commercial motor
   vehicle as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-341.4; (ii) a violation of any ordinance of
   any county, city, or town pertaining to the operator or operation of any motor
   vehicles, except parking regulations; (iii) any theft of a motor vehicle or
   unauthorized use thereof or theft of any part attached to it; (iv) a violation
   of &#xA7; 18.2-36.2, subsection B of &#xA7; 29.1-738, or &#xA7; 29.1-738.02,
   29.1-738.2, or 29.1-738.4; or (v) a violation or offense involving the use of
   a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle by a person holding a commercial
   learner&#8217;s permit or commercial driver&#8217;s license in the commission
   of any felony involving manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a
   controlled substance or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or
   dispense such controlled substance;

   2. A person is charged with manslaughter or any other felony in the commission
   of which a motor vehicle was used; or

   3. There is rendered a judgment for damages, the rendering and nonpayment of
   which under the terms of this title require the Commissioner to suspend the
   driver&#8217;s license and registration in the name of the judgment debtor.

B. The Department and every district court or circuit court or the clerk thereof
(i) shall not reduce, dismiss, defer, or otherwise conceal the conviction of any
person charged with any offense committed while operating a commercial motor
vehicle as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-341.4 or any holder of a commercial
driver&#8217;s license or a commercial driver&#8217;s permit charged with any
offense committed while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle and (ii) shall
comply with all federal laws and regulations regarding such convictions,
including 49 C.F.R. &#xA7; 384.226.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 46-195, 46-414; 1952, c. 188; 1954, c. 168; 1958, c.
541, § 46.1-412; 1966, c. 533; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1998, c. 147; 2005,
c. 376; 2019, c. 750; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 136.