                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMERCIAL DRIVER&#8217;S LICENSE REQUIRED; PENALTY (§ 46.2-341.7)

A. No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle in the Commonwealth unless
he has been issued a commercial driver&#8217;s license or commercial
learner&#8217;s permit and unless such license or permit authorizes the
operation of the type and class of vehicle so driven, and unless such license or
permit is valid.

B. Every driver of a commercial motor vehicle, while driving such vehicle in the
Commonwealth, shall have in his immediate possession the commercial
driver&#8217;s license or commercial learner&#8217;s permit authorizing the
operation of such vehicle and shall make it available to any law-enforcement
officer upon request. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be punishable
as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-104.

C. No person shall drive a commercial vehicle in Virginia in violation of any of
the restrictions or limitations stated on his commercial driver&#8217;s license
or commercial learner&#8217;s permit. A violation of the subsection shall
constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 705, § 46.1-372.7; 1993, c. 70; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2015, c.
258.