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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364642</law_id><section_number>46.2-105.1</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful procurement of certificate, license, or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; unlawful distribution of false operator&amp;#8217;s license; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful: <a id="paragraph-1358550" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, or other illegal means, a certificate, license, or permit, from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; <a id="paragraph-1358551" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For any person, other than an authorized <span class="dictionary">agent</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, to procure or have in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or furnish to another person, prior to the beginning of an examination, any question intended to be used by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in conducting an examination; <a id="paragraph-1358552" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For any person to receive or furnish to any person taking an examination, prior to or during an examination, any written or printed <span class="dictionary">material</span> purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in conducting an examination; <a id="paragraph-1358553" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For any person to communicate by any means to any person taking an examination, during an examination, any information purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in conducting an examination; <a id="paragraph-1358554" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in conducting an examination, or the answers to the questions; or <a id="paragraph-1358555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers. <a id="paragraph-1358556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section. <a id="paragraph-1358557" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any violation of any provision of subsection A of this section shall be punishable as a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-1358558" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any person or entity other than the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> that sells, gives, or distributes, or attempts to sell, give or distribute any document purporting to be a license to operate a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> in the Commonwealth is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-1358559" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Nothing in this section or in any regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be construed to prohibit (i) the <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, use, or provision of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">driver</span> license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions. <a id="paragraph-1358560" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-105.1/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 964; 2006, c. 871; 2015, c. 464; 2022, c. 139.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
