46.2-709 - Requiring other proof of financial responsibility; suspended driver's license, registration certificate and license plates to be returned to Commissioner; Commissioner may take possessi - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-709. Requiring other proof of financial responsibility; suspendeddriver's license, registration certificate and license plates to be returnedto Commissioner; Commissioner may take possession thereof.

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed by any person asrequired by this article no longer fulfills the purpose for which required,the Commissioner shall require other proof of financial responsibility asrequired by this article and shall suspend such person's driver's license,registration certificates, and license plates and decals pending thefurnishing of proof as required.

Any person whose driver's license or registration certificates, or licenseplates and decals have been suspended as provided in this article and havenot been reinstated shall immediately return every such license, registrationcertificate, and set of license plates and decals held by him to theCommissioner. Any person failing to comply with this requirement shall beguilty of a traffic infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punishedas provided in § 46.2-113.

The Commissioner is authorized to take possession of any license,registration certificate, or set of license plates and decals on theirsuspension under the provisions of this chapter or to direct any policeofficer to take possession of and return them to the office of theCommissioner.

(1958, c. 407, § 46.1-167.5; 1960, c. 188; 1972, cc. 435, 609; 1976, c. 156;1978, c. 605; 1984, c. 780; 1989, cc. 705, 727.)