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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365742</law_id><section_number>46.2-473</section_number><catch_line>Coverage of driver&amp;#8217;s policy</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="16" identifier="17">Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s policy shall insure the person named therein as <span class="dictionary">insured</span> against loss from the liability imposed upon him by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, including <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, and injury to or destruction of property arising out of the use by him of any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> not owned by him, within the territorial limits and subject to the limits of liability set forth with respect to a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s policy.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-493; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-505; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
