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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365675</law_id><section_number>46.2-410.1</section_number><catch_line>Judicial review of revocation or suspension by Commissioner</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="13" identifier="12">Suspension and Revocation of Licenses, Generally; Additional Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appeals from order suspending or revoking license or registration" href="/46.2-410/">46.2-410</a>, when the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> <span class="dictionary">orders</span> a <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> or <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> of a person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license under the provisions of this chapter, the person so aggrieved may, in cases of manifest injustice, within 60 days of receipt of notice of the <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>, <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> wherein he resides for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> to review the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>. Manifest injustice is defined as those instances where the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> was the result of an error or was issued without authority or <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. The person shall provide notice of his <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to the attorney for the Commonwealth of that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-1362510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-410.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> At the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> is manifestly unjust the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may, notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to modify the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the person a restricted license in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law" href="/18.2-271.1/">18.2-271.1</a>. For any action under this section, no <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> shall lie from the determination of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-1362511" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-410.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section shall not apply to any disqualification of eligibility to operate a commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> imposed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> pursuant to Article 6.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title" href="/46.2-341.1/">46.2-341.1</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-1362512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-410.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, cc. 739, 749; 2002, c. 811; 2020, cc. 740, 741.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Kenneth A. Stokes, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0090121</case_number><citation>61 Va. App. 388</citation><date>2013-01-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061488/kenneth-a-stokes-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. FRANK, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>A.R.A. v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record 170199</case_number><citation>809 S.E.2d 660</citation><date>2018-03-01</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4473517/ara-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
