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or\n\n6\n\nTo promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers.\n\nB\n\nIf an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.\n\nC\n\nAny violation of any provision of subsection A of this section shall be punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nD\n\nAny person or entity other than the Department that sells, gives, or distributes, or attempts to sell, give or distribute any document purporting to be a license to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nE\n\nNothing in this section or in any regulations of the Department shall be construed to prohibit (i) the possession, use, or provision of the Department&#8217;s driver license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the Department from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358550,"text":"It shall be unlawful:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":1358551,"text":"For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, fraud, or other illegal means, a certificate, license, or permit, from the Department;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":1358552,"text":"For any person, other than an authorized agent of the Department, to procure or have in his possession or furnish to another person, prior to the beginning of an examination, any question intended to be used by the Department in conducting an examination;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":1358553,"text":"For any person to receive or furnish to any person taking an examination, prior to or during an examination, any written or printed material purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting an examination;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":1358554,"text":"For any person to communicate by any means to any person taking an examination, during an examination, any information purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting an examination;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":1358555,"text":"For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting an examination, or the answers to the questions; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":1358556,"text":"To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"B"},"7":{"id":1358557,"text":"If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"C"},"8":{"id":1358558,"text":"Any violation of any provision of subsection A of this section shall be punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"9":{"id":1358559,"text":"Any person or entity other than the Department that sells, gives, or distributes, or attempts to sell, give or distribute any document purporting to be a license to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"10":{"id":1358560,"text":"Nothing in this section or in any regulations of the Department shall be construed to prohibit (i) the possession, use, or provision of the Department&#8217;s driver license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the Department from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":52050,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52049,"metadata":{"child_laws":23,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:02","permalink":{"id":1452295,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52050,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/I\/1","url":"\/46.2\/I\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52049,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions; 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Commonwealth of Virginia","case_number":"0113241","citation":null,"date":"2025-07-22","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/10638555\/nicholas-eugene-glover-v-commonwealth-of-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"Burke v. Thor Motor Coach, Inc.","case_number":"Case No. 3:15-cv-75","citation":"113 F. Supp. 3d 863","date":"2015-07-09","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/7314260\/burke-v-thor-motor-coach-inc\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. OPINION .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"District Court, E.D. Virginia"},"2":{"name":"Kim v. Commonwealth","case_number":"Record 160665","citation":"797 S.E.2d 766","date":"2017-04-13","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/4382793\/kim-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. OPINION BY JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"3":{"name":"Barden v. Commonwealth","case_number":"Record No. 1027-14-4","citation":"64 Va. App. 700","date":"2016-05-12","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/8212029\/barden-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. ALSTON, Judge. .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"4":{"name":"Kenneth Lee Barden v. Commonwealth of Virginia","case_number":"1027144","citation":null,"date":"2015-05-12","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2800134\/kenneth-lee-barden-v-commonwealth-of-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"5":{"name":"Sarafin v. Commonwealth","case_number":"131747","citation":null,"date":"2014-10-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2747273\/sarafin-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. Present:    All the Justices .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"6":{"name":"Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia","case_number":"1542132","citation":"63 Va. App. 587","date":"2014-08-05","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2708336\/loren-anthony-mason-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. KELSEY, J., .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"7":{"name":"Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia","case_number":"1542132","citation":"64 Va. App. 292","date":"2015-02-03","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2775906\/loren-anthony-mason-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. UPON A REHEARING EN BANC .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"8":{"name":"Enriquez v. Commonwealth","case_number":"110818","citation":null,"date":"2012-03-02","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1057923\/enriquez-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. PRESENT: Kinser, C.J., Lemons, Goodwyn, Millette, Mims, and .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"9":{"name":"Justin Sarafin v. Commonwealth of Virginia","case_number":"1753122","citation":"62 Va. App. 385","date":"2013-10-08","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1061353\/justin-sarafin-v-commonwealth-of-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. HUFF, Judge. .\u202f.\u202f. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 964 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0871\">871<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0464\">464<\/a>; in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0139\">139<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1452325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364642,"identifier":"46.2-105.1","token":"46.2\/I\/1\/46.2-105.1","url":"\/46.2-105.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-105.1\/","token":"46.2\/I\/1\/46.2-105.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful procurement of certificate, license, or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; unlawful distribution of false operator&#8217;s license; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-105.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful: <a id=\"paragraph-1358550\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, <span class=\"dictionary\">fraud<\/span>, or other illegal means, a certificate, license, or permit, from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1358551\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> For any person, other than an authorized <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, to procure or have in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> or furnish to another person, prior to the beginning of an examination, any question intended to be used by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in conducting an examination; <a id=\"paragraph-1358552\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> For any person to receive or furnish to any person taking an examination, prior to or during an examination, any written or printed <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in conducting an examination; <a id=\"paragraph-1358553\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> For any person to communicate by any means to any person taking an examination, during an examination, any information purporting to be answers to questions intended to be used by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in conducting an examination; <a id=\"paragraph-1358554\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, <span class=\"dictionary\">fraud<\/span> or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in conducting an examination, or the answers to the questions; or <a id=\"paragraph-1358555\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers. <a id=\"paragraph-1358556\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#A6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section. <a id=\"paragraph-1358557\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any violation of any provision of subsection A of this section shall be punishable as a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1358558\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any person or entity other than the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> that sells, gives, or distributes, or attempts to sell, give or distribute any document purporting to be a license to operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in the Commonwealth is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1358559\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> Nothing in this section or in any regulations of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be construed to prohibit (i) the <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span>, use, or provision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions. <a id=\"paragraph-1358560\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-105.1\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL PROCUREMENT OF CERTIFICATE, LICENSE, OR PERMIT; UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION\nOF EXAMINATION OR ANSWERS; UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF FALSE OPERATOR&#8217;S\nLICENSE; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-105.1)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful:\n\n   1. For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft,\n   fraud, or other illegal means, a certificate, license, or permit, from the\n   Department;\n\n   2. For any person, other than an authorized agent of the Department, to\n   procure or have in his possession or furnish to another person, prior to the\n   beginning of an examination, any question intended to be used by the\n   Department in conducting an examination;\n\n   3. For any person to receive or furnish to any person taking an examination,\n   prior to or during an examination, any written or printed material purporting\n   to be answers to questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting\n   an examination;\n\n   4. For any person to communicate by any means to any person taking an\n   examination, during an examination, any information purporting to be answers\n   to questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting an\n   examination;\n\n   5. For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal\n   means, any questions intended to be used by the Department in conducting an\n   examination, or the answers to the questions; or\n\n   6. To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having\n   access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to\n   the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or\n   answers.\n\nB. If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be\ndeemed an examination for the purposes of this section.\n\nC. Any violation of any provision of subsection A of this section shall be\npunishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nD. Any person or entity other than the Department that sells, gives, or\ndistributes, or attempts to sell, give or distribute any document purporting to\nbe a license to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth is guilty of a Class\n1 misdemeanor.\n\nE. Nothing in this section or in any regulations of the Department shall be\nconstrued to prohibit (i) the possession, use, or provision of the\nDepartment&#8217;s driver license examination questions by or to any person for\nthe purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the Department from\nmaking sample examination questions available to the public or the public from\npossessing sample examination questions.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 964; 2006, c. 871; 2015, c. 464; 2022, c. 139.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}