46.2-212.1 - Payments by payment devices. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-212.1. Payments by payment devices.

The Commissioner may authorize the acceptance of payment devices in lieu ofmoney for payment of any fees, fines, penalties, and taxes collected by theDepartment of Motor Vehicles or agents acting on behalf of the Department.The Department may add to such payment an amount of no more than four percentof the payment as a service charge for the acceptance of a payment device.

The Commissioner may authorize a Department transaction receipt to be usedwith existing Department documents as evidence that the holder has compliedwith Department payment requirements, provided the transaction is completedbefore the document's expiration date. Any such transaction receipt shallinclude detailed information as to length of time by which the document'speriod of validity will be extended and how the transaction receipt is to beverified.

(1989, c. 62, § 46.1-33.2; 1996, cc. 943, 994; 2000, c. 122.)