CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCALITIES MAY NOT REQUIRE LICENSE EXCEPT FOR TAXICABS; PROSECUTIONS FOR
OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE OR WHILE SUSPENDED (§ 46.2-310)

Counties, cities, and towns shall not require any local permit to drive, except
as provided in this section.  Counties, cities, and towns may adopt regulations
for the licensing of drivers of taxicabs and similar for-hire passenger vehicles
and for the control of the operation of such for-hire vehicles.  This section
shall not preclude any county, city, or town from prosecuting, under a warrant
issued by such county, city, or town, a person charged with violation of a local
ordinance prohibiting operation of a motor vehicle without a driver’s
license or while his driver’s license or privilege to drive is suspended
or revoked.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-349; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-353; 1964, c. 455; 1984, c.
780; 1989, c. 727.