CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN REGISTRATION MAY BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED (§ 46.2-609)

A. The Department may revoke the registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer and may revoke the registration card, license plates, or decals
whenever the person to whom the registration card, license plates, or decals
have been issued makes or permits to be made an unlawful use of any of them or
permits their use by a person not entitled to them, or fails or refuses to pay,
within the time prescribed by law, any fuel taxes or other taxes or fees
required to be collected or authorized to be collected by the Department
regardless of whether the fee applies to that particular vehicle.

B. The Department may suspend or revoke the registration card, license plates,
or decals issued to a commercial motor vehicle if the motor carrier responsible
for safety of the vehicle has been prohibited from operating by a federal
agency. For purposes of this subsection, the terms “commercial motor
vehicle” and “motor carrier” shall be as defined in § 52-8.4.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-57; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-59; 1962, c. 368; 1972, c.
609; 1974, c. 171; 1989, c. 727; 2011, c. 61.