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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 541; in 1964, chapter 455; in 1984, chapter 780; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1453377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365485,"identifier":"46.2-310","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-310","url":"\/46.2-310\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-310\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Localities may not require license except for taxicabs; prosecutions for operation of vehicle without license or while suspended","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Counties, cities, and towns shall not require any local permit to drive, except as provided in this section. Counties, cities, and towns may adopt regulations for the licensing of drivers<\/span> of taxicabs and similar for-hire passenger vehicles<\/span> and for the control of the operation of such for-hire vehicles<\/span>. This section shall not preclude any county, city, or town from prosecuting, under a warrant issued by such county, city, or town, a person charged with violation of a local ordinance<\/span> prohibiting operation of a motor vehicle<\/span> without a driver<\/span>’s license or while his driver<\/span>’s license or privilege<\/span> to drive is suspended or revoked.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITIES MAY NOT REQUIRE LICENSE EXCEPT FOR TAXICABS; PROSECUTIONS FOR\nOPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE OR WHILE SUSPENDED (\u00a7 46.2-310)\n\nCounties, cities, and towns shall not require any local permit to drive, except\nas provided in this section. Counties, cities, and towns may adopt regulations\nfor the licensing of drivers of taxicabs and similar for-hire passenger vehicles\nand for the control of the operation of such for-hire vehicles. This section\nshall not preclude any county, city, or town from prosecuting, under a warrant\nissued by such county, city, or town, a person charged with violation of a local\nordinance prohibiting operation of a motor vehicle without a driver’s\nlicense or while his driver’s license or privilege to drive is suspended\nor revoked.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-349; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-353; 1964, c. 455; 1984, c.\n780; 1989, c. 727.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}