Virginia legal term
Driver's license in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Driver's license” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Driver's license” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Driver's license" means any document issued under Chapter 3 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2, or the comparable law of another jurisdiction, authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways. (Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-228)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms
- Driving after forfeiture of license
- Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property
- Identity theft
- Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle for certain driving while license suspended or revoked offenses
- Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked
- Injuring another or causing the death of another while engaging in a race or exhibition driving
- Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated
- Manufacture, sale, etc., or possession of fictitious, facsimile or simulated official license or identification
- Racing or exhibition driving
- Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated
- Delinquent juveniles
Related terms in the same statutes
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