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It has been modified 3 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 1984, chapter 780; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1453391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365488,"identifier":"46.2-313","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-313","url":"\/46.2-313\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-313\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/3\/46.2-313","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons with suspended or revoked licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-313","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s license to any person whose license has been suspended, during the period of the <span class=\"dictionary\">suspension<\/span>; nor to any person whose license has been revoked, or should have been revoked, under the provisions of this title, until the expiration of one year after the license was revoked, unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS WITH SUSPENDED OR REVOKED LICENSES (\u00a7 46.2-313)\n\nThe Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license to any person whose\nlicense has been suspended, during the period of the suspension; nor to any\nperson whose license has been revoked, or should have been revoked, under the\nprovisions of this title, until the expiration of one year after the license was\nrevoked, unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of this title.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-354; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-358; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c.\n727.","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"}}