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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365623</law_id><section_number>46.2-369</section_number><catch_line>Commissioner to administer and enforce chapter; regulations; summoning witnesses and taking testimony</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="2" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="11" identifier="10">Driver Responsibilities, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and he may adopt regulations for its administration. He may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> <span class="dictionary">subpoenas</span> for witnesses to attend, administer <span class="dictionary">oaths</span>, and take <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> in, the <span class="dictionary">hearings</span> provided in this chapter for the purpose of <span class="dictionary">finding</span> whether <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s licenses, <span class="dictionary">license plates</span>, or registrations should be suspended or revoked. If any person fails or refuses to obey the <span class="dictionary">subpoena</span>, or to give <span class="dictionary">testimony</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> or district <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is or was to have been held. On receipt of the notice, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall, by appropriate process, compel his attendance or <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> or both, to the same extent that it could be required in a proceeding in the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-394; 1952, c. 670; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-396; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. George E. Boone, a/k/a George Edward Boone, Jr. v. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1510132</case_number><citation>63 Va. App. 383</citation><date>2014-05-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2675015/george-e-boone-aka-george-edward-boone-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. HUMPHREYS, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
