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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 450<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 538<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":365628,"section_number":"46.2-373","catch_line":"Report by law-enforcement official investigating accident","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-373\/"},{"id":365943,"section_number":"46.2-705","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-705\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1457433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366341,"identifier":"46.2-902.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/11\/46.2-902.1","url":"\/46.2-902.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-902.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/11\/46.2-902.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officer may require certain motorists to furnish proof of insurance; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-902.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> present at the scene of a motor vehicle<\/span> accident as to which a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> is required by \u00a7 46.2-373<\/a> to file an accident report with the Department<\/span> may require the operator<\/span> of any motor vehicle<\/span> involved in such accident to furnish proof that the vehicle he was operating at the time of such accident was an insured motor vehicle<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 46.2-705<\/a>. Failure to furnish proof of insurance when required by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> as provided in this section within thirty days shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICER MAY REQUIRE CERTAIN MOTORISTS TO FURNISH PROOF OF INSURANCE; PENALTY (\u00a7\n46.2-902.1)\n\nAny law-enforcement officer present at the scene of a motor vehicle accident as\nto which a law-enforcement officer is required by \u00a7 46.2-373 to file an\naccident report with the Department may require the operator of any motor\nvehicle involved in such accident to furnish proof that the vehicle he was\noperating at the time of such accident was an insured motor vehicle as defined\nin \u00a7 46.2-705. Failure to furnish proof of insurance when required by a\nlaw-enforcement officer as provided in this section within thirty days shall\nconstitute a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 450; 2023, c. 538.","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"}}