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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Powers and Duties of Department, Generally.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Department of Motor Vehicles”, which is part of Subtitle I “General Provisions; Department of Motor Vehicles”, which is part of Title 46.2 “Motor Vehicles”.
It’s comprised of the following 48 sections.
§ 46.2-200 Department of Motor Vehicles
§ 46.2-201 Appointment of Commissioner; term; vacancies
§ 46.2-202 Oath and bond; salary
§ 46.2-203 Regulations; violation; forms for applications, certificates, licenses, etc
§ 46.2-203.1 Provision of updated addresses by persons completing forms; acknowledgment of future receipt of official notices
§ 46.2-203.2 Emergency contact information program
§ 46.2-203.3 Driver communication improvement program
§ 46.2-204 Medical Advisory Board
§ 46.2-205 Department offices and agencies; agreements with dealers
§ 46.2-205.1 Expired
§ 46.2-205.2 Agreements with other agencies or contractors for other agencies; collection of fees
§ 46.2-206 Disposition of fees
§ 46.2-206.1 Repealed
§ 46.2-207 Uncollected checks and electronic payments tendered for license fees or taxes; penalty
§ 46.2-208 Records of Department; when open for inspection; release of privileged information
§ 46.2-208.1 Electronic transfer of information in Department records for voter registration purposes
§ 46.2-208.2 Repealed
§ 46.2-208.3 Notice by Department
§ 46.2-209 Release of information in Department records for motor vehicle research purposes
§ 46.2-209.1 Release of vehicle information by Department to prospective vehicle purchasers
§ 46.2-210 List of registrations and titles
§ 46.2-211 Commissioner to advise local commissioners of revenue of situs of certain vehicles
§ 46.2-212 Notice given for records supplied
§ 46.2-212.1 Payments by payment devices
§ 46.2-212.2 Automatic payments
§ 46.2-213 Repealed
§ 46.2-214 Charges for information supplied by Department
§ 46.2-214.1 Additional charge for information supplied by Department
§ 46.2-214.2 Waiver of certain fees by Department
§ 46.2-214.3 Discount for multiyear registration
§ 46.2-214.4 Discount for online transactions
§ 46.2-215 Certification of certain records and admissibility in evidence
§ 46.2-216 Destruction of records
§ 46.2-216.1 Electronic filings or submissions to Department; provision of electronic documents by Department
§ 46.2-216.2 Repealed
§ 46.2-216.3 Repealed
§ 46.2-216.4 Department to provide self-service options to customers
§ 46.2-216.5 Partnership of Department and The Library of Virginia to promote use of public library Internet access terminals to complete on-line transactions with the Department
§ 46.2-217 Enforcement of laws by Commissioner; authority of officers
§ 46.2-218 Fees not allowed law-enforcement officers
§ 46.2-219 Bonds of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, assistants, administrators, and law-enforcement officers; liability insurance policies
§ 46.2-220 Special counsel for defense of law-enforcement officers
§ 46.2-221 Certain state agencies to report to Department concerning the blind and nearly blind; use of such information by Department; Department to report names of persons refused licenses for defective vision; reports to law-enforcement agencies concerning certain blind or vision impaired individuals who operate motor vehicles
§ 46.2-221.1 Registration with Selective Service required for issuance of learner's permits, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and special identification cards to certain applicants
§ 46.2-221.2 Extension of expiration of driver's licenses issued to certain persons in service to the United States government or for good cause shown
§ 46.2-221.3 Grace period for business credentialing for armed forces personnel returning from duty outside the United States
§ 46.2-221.4 Grace period for replacement of license plates or decals and registrations for certain persons in service to the United States government
§ 46.2-221.5 Information on veterans services provided