                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS CONVICTED OR FOUND NOT INNOCENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES; REQUIREMENT OF
PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES (§
46.2-316)

A. The Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s
permit to any resident or nonresident person while his license or other
privilege to drive is suspended or revoked because of his conviction, or finding
of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, or forfeiture of bail upon the
following charges of offenses committed in violation of either a law of the
Commonwealth or a valid local ordinance or of any federal law or law of any
other state or any valid local ordinance of any other state:

   1. Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a
   motor vehicle.

   2. Perjury, the making of a false affidavit to the Department under any law
   requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on
   the highways, or the making of a false statement in any application for a
   driver&#8217;s license.

   3. Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws or any felony
   in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.

   4. Violation of the provisions of &#xA7; 18.2-51.4, pertaining to maiming
   while under the influence, &#xA7; 18.2-266, pertaining to driving while under
   the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or of &#xA7; 18.2-272, pertaining to
   driving while the driver&#8217;s license has been forfeited for a conviction,
   or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile, under &#xA7;&#xA7;
   18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272, or for violation of the provisions of
   any federal law or law of any other state or any valid local ordinance similar
   to &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or &#xA7; 18.2-272.

   5. Failure of a driver of a motor vehicle, involved in an accident resulting
   in death or injury to another person, to stop and disclose his identity at the
   scene of the accident.

   6. On a charge of operating or permitting the operation, for the second time,
   of a passenger automobile for the transportation of passengers for rent or for
   hire, without having first obtained a license for the privilege as provided in
   &#xA7; 46.2-694.

B. Except as provided in subsection C, the Department shall not issue a
driver&#8217;s license or learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a
crime set forth in subsection A of this section for a period of three years
after he otherwise becomes entitled to a license or permit unless he furnishes
proof of financial responsibility in the future to the Commissioner as provided
in &#xA7; 46.2-439 proving his ability to respond in damages as provided in
Article 15 (&#xA7; 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3 or any other law of the
Commonwealth.

C. In addition to the prohibition on licensure set forth in subsection A, the
Department shall not issue or reinstate a driver&#8217;s license or
learner&#8217;s permit to any person convicted of a violation set forth in
subdivision A 4 for a period of three years after he otherwise becomes entitled
to a license or permit unless he furnishes proof of financial responsibility in
the future as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-439 under a motor vehicle liability
insurance policy that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; 46.2-472 except that
the limits of coverage exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each
motor vehicle insured under the policy, shall be not less than double the
minimum limits set forth in &#xA7; 46.2-472 for bodily injury or death of one
person in any one accident, for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons
in any one accident, and for injury to or destruction of property of others in
any one accident.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-358; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-362; 1960, c. 364; 1966, c.
549; 1974, c. 453; 1980, c. 29; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 691; 2007,
c. 496; 2025, cc. 163, 177.