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Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.16. Reports, records, etc.
A. The Department is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from motor carriers, except such as are exempt from the operation of the provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Department may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Department so requires. The Department may also require any motor carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement, or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to the provisions of this chapter.

B. The Department may, in its discretion, prescribe (i) the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and (ii) the length of time such accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The Department or its employees shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers used in connection with their operations and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing, and kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The Department and its employees shall have authority to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers. These provisions shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the Department, to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or affiliated with any motor carrier.

C. As used in this section the term "motor carriers" includes TNC brokers, brokers, and excursion train operators.

2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861; 2017, c. 635.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.17. Certificate, license, or permit holder not relieved of liability for negligence.
Nothing in this chapter shall relieve any holder of a certificate, license, or permit issued by and under the authority of the Department from any liability resulting from his negligence, whether or not he has complied with the requirements of this chapter.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.18. Violation by passengers; misdemeanor; ejection.
All persons who fail, while using transportation services of a common carrier or restricted common carrier, to act in an orderly manner so as to permit the safe operation of a vehicle by the driver, or who fail to obey the directions of any such driver, operator, or other person in charge to act in such orderly manner, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Furthermore, such persons may be ejected from any such vehicle by any driver, operator, or person in charge of such vehicle, or by any police officer or other conservator of the peace; and in case such persons ejected have paid their fares upon such vehicle, they shall not be entitled to the return of any part of the same. For the refusal of any such passenger to abide by the direction of the person in charge of such vehicle as aforesaid, and his consequent ejection from such vehicle, neither the driver, operator, person in charge, owner, manager, nor common carrier or restricted common carrier operating such vehicle shall be liable for damages in any court.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.19. Vehicle seizure; penalty.
A. Any police officer of the Commonwealth authorized to serve process may hold a motor vehicle owned by a person against whom an order or penalty has been entered, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly petition for a writ of fieri facias. The Commonwealth shall not be required to post bond in order to hold and levy upon any vehicle held pursuant to this section.

B. Upon notification of the judgment or penalty entered against the owner of the vehicle and notice to such person of the failure to satisfy the judgment or penalty, any investigator, special agent, or officer of the Commonwealth shall thereafter deny the offending person the right to operate the motor vehicle on the highways of the Commonwealth.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.2. Temporary emergency operation.
In an emergency, the Department or its agents may, by letter, telegram, or other means, authorize a vehicle to be operated in the Commonwealth without a proper registration card or identification marker for not more than ten days.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.20. Unlawful use of registration and identification markers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth any motor vehicle that (i) does not carry the proper registration and identification that this chapter requires, (ii) does not display an identification marker in such manner as is prescribed by the Department, or (iii) bears registration or identification markers of persons whose license, permit, or certificate issued by the Department has been canceled, revoked, or suspended or whose renewal thereof has been denied in accordance with this chapter.

2001, c. 596; 2015, cc. 2, 3; 2017, cc. 694, 708.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.21. Registration and identification violations; penalties.
A. The following violations of laws shall be punished as follows:

1. Any person who does not obtain a proper registration card, identification marker, or other evidence of registration as required by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

2. Any person who operates or causes to be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth any motor vehicle that does not carry the proper registration and identification that this article requires or any motor vehicle that does not display (i) an identification marker in such manner as is prescribed by the Department or (ii) other identifying information that this article requires it to display shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

3. Any person who knowingly displays or uses on any vehicle operated by him any identification marker or other identification that has not been issued to the owner or operator thereof for such vehicle and any person who knowingly assists him to do so shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

4. Any person who operates or causes to be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth any motor vehicle requiring registration from the Department under this title after such registration cards or identification markers have been revoked, canceled or suspended shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. The officer charging the violation under this section shall serve a citation on the operator of the vehicle in violation. Such citation shall be directed to the owner, operator or other person responsible for the violation as determined by the officer. Service of the citation on the vehicle operator shall constitute service of process upon the owner, operator, or other person charged with the violation under this article, and shall have the same legal force as if served within the Commonwealth personally upon the owner, operator, or other person charged with the violation, whether such owner, operator, or other person charged is a resident or nonresident.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.22. Violation; criminal penalties.
A. Any person knowingly and willfully violating any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation thereunder, or any term or condition of any certificate, permit, or license, for which a penalty is not otherwise herein provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $2,500 for the first offense and not more than $5,000 for any subsequent offense. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

B. Any person, whether carrier, TNC broker, broker, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, or a TNC partner, who knowingly and willfully by any such means or otherwise fraudulently seeks to evade or defeat regulation as in this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $500 for the first offense and not more than $2,000 for any subsequent offense.

C. Any motor carrier, TNC broker, broker, or excursion train operator or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, or a TNC partner, who willfully fails or refuses to make a report to the Department as required by this chapter or to keep accounts, records, and memoranda in the form and manner approved or prescribed by the Department, or knowingly and willfully falsifies, destroys, mutilates, or alters any such report, account, record, or memorandum, or knowingly and willfully files any false report, account, record, or memorandum, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be subject for each offense to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $5,000.

2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861; 2015, cc. 2, 3; 2017, c. 635.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.23. Violations; civil penalties.
The Department may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 if any person has:

1. Made any misrepresentation of a material fact to obtain proper operating credentials as required by this chapter or other requirements in this Code regulating the operation of motor vehicles;

2. Failed to make any report required in this chapter;

3. Failed to pay any fee or tax properly assessed against him; or

4. Failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or lawful order, rule or regulation of the Department or any term or condition of any certificate, permit, or license.

Any such penalty shall be imposed by order; however, no order issued pursuant to this section shall become effective until the Department has offered the person an opportunity for an administrative hearing to show cause why the order should not be enforced. Instead of or in addition to imposing such penalty, the Department may suspend, revoke, or cancel any license, permit, certificate, registration card or identification marker issued pursuant to this title. If, in any such case, it appears that the defendant owes any fee or tax to the Commonwealth, the Department shall enter order therefor.

For the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty.

2001, c. 596; 2013, cc. 165, 582.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.25. Altering or amending licenses, permits, or certificates.
The Department may alter or amend a license, permit, or certificate at the request of a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder, or upon a finding by the Department that a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder failed to observe any of the provisions within this chapter, or any of the rules or regulations of the Department, or any term, condition, or limitation of such license, permit, or certificate.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.26. Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses, permits, or certificates; notice and hearing.
A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter shall be suspended or revoked, or renewal thereof refused, unless the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder has been furnished a written copy of the complaint against him and the grounds upon which the action is taken and has been offered an opportunity for an administrative hearing to show cause why such action should not be taken.

B. The order suspending, revoking, or denying renewal of a license, permit, or certificate shall not become effective until the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder has, after notice of the opportunity for a hearing, had thirty days to make a written request for such a hearing. If no hearing has been requested within such thirty-day period, the order shall become effective and no hearing shall thereafter be held. A timely request for a hearing shall automatically stay operation of the order until after the hearing.

C. Notice of an order suspending, revoking, or denying renewal of a license, permit, or certificate and an opportunity for a hearing shall be mailed to the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder by registered or certified mail at the address as shown on the license, permit, or certificate or other record of information in possession of the Department and shall be considered served when mailed.

D. If the Department makes a finding, after conducting a preliminary investigation, that the conduct of a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder (i) is in violation of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter and (ii) such violation constitutes a danger to public safety, the Department may issue an order suspending the license, permit, or certificate. Notice of the suspension shall be in writing and mailed in accordance with subsection C of this section. Upon receipt of a request for a hearing appealing the suspension, the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing within thirty days. The suspension shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the hearing.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.27. Basis for reinstatement of suspended licenses, permits, or certificates; reinstatement fees.
A. The Department shall reinstate any license, permit, or certificate suspended pursuant to this chapter provided the grounds upon which the suspension action was taken have been satisfied and the appropriate reinstatement fee and other applicable fees have been paid to the Department.

B. The reinstatement fee for suspensions issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fifty dollars. In the event multiple credentials have been suspended under this chapter for the same violation, only one reinstatement fee shall be applicable.

C. In addition to a reinstatement fee, a fee of $500 shall be paid for failure of a motor carrier to keep in force at all times insurance, a bond or bonds, in an amount required by this chapter. Any motor carrier who applies for a new license, permit, or certificate because his prior license, permit, or certificate was revoked for failure to keep in force at all times insurance, a bond or bonds, in an amount required by this chapter, shall also be subject to a fee of $500.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.28. Basis for relicensure after revocation of licenses, permits, or certificates; fees.
The Department shall not accept an application for a license, permit, or certificate from an applicant where such credentials have been revoked pursuant to this chapter until the period of revocation imposed by the Department has passed. The Department shall process such applications under the same provisions, procedures, and requirements as an original application for such license, permit, or certificate. The Department shall issue such license, permit, or certificate provided the applicant has met all the appropriate qualifications and requirements, has satisfied the grounds upon which the revocation action was taken, and has paid the appropriate application or filing fees to the Department.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.29. Surrender of identification marker, license plate, and registration card; removal by law enforcement; operation of vehicle denied.
A. It shall be unlawful for a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder whose license, permit, or certificate has expired or been revoked, suspended, or canceled or whose renewal thereof has been denied pursuant to this chapter to fail or refuse to surrender, on demand, to the Department license plates, identification markers, and registration cards issued under this title.

B. It shall be unlawful for a vehicle owner who is not the holder of a valid permit or certificate or whose vehicle is not validly leased to a motor carrier holding an active permit or certificate to fail or refuse to surrender to the Department on demand license plates, identification markers, and registration cards issued under this title.

C. If any law-enforcement officer finds that a vehicle bearing Virginia license plates or temporary transport plates is in violation of subsection A or B, such law-enforcement officer may remove the license plate, identification marker, and registration card. If a law-enforcement officer removes a license plate, identification marker, or registration card, he shall forward the same to the Department.

D. When informed that a vehicle is being operated in violation of this section, the driver shall drive the vehicle to a nearby location off the public highways and not remove it or allow it to be moved until the motor carrier is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter.

2001, c. 596; 2015, cc. 2, 3, 258; 2017, cc. 694, 708.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.3. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of license, permit, and certificate.
All licenses, permits, and certificates issued under this chapter shall be issued for a period of twelve consecutive months except, at the discretion of the Department, the periods may be adjusted as necessary. Such licenses, permits, and certificates shall expire if not renewed annually. Such expiration shall be effective thirty days after the Department has provided the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder notice of non-renewal. If the license, permit, or certificate is renewed within thirty days after notice of non-renewal, then the license, permit, or certificate shall not expire.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.30. No property rights in highways conferred by chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall confer any proprietary or property rights in the use of the public highways.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.31. Licenses, taxes, etc., not affected.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from the payment of any licenses, fees, taxes or levies now or hereafter imposed by law.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.32. Title to plates and markers.
All registration cards and identification markers issued by the Department shall remain the property of the Department.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.33. Prohibition on taxicab operators; registered sex offender.
No person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1 for a Tier III offense, as defined in § 9.1-902, or who is listed on the U.S. Department of Justice's National Sex Offender Public Website for an offense that is similar to a Tier III offense may operate a taxicab for the transportation of passengers for remuneration over the highways of the Commonwealth.

2019, c. 480; 2020, c. 829.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.4. Conversion of contract bus certificates.
All contract bus carriers that hold a certificate issued prior to July 1, 2012, shall be issued a replacement certificate of fitness as a contract passenger carrier. The holder of such certificate shall not be required to apply for a replacement certificate.

2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2012, cc. 22, 111.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.5. Filing and application fees.
A. Unless otherwise provided, every applicant, other than a transportation network company, for an original license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter and transfer of a license or certificate under the provisions of this chapter shall, upon the filing of an application, deposit with the Department, as a filing fee, a sum in the amount of $50.

B. An applicant for a certificate under § 46.2-2099.45 shall elect and remit to the Department one of the following fees:

1. An annual fee of $100,000 to accompany an application for an original certificate or a fee of $60,000 to accompany an application for renewal thereof; or

2. A fee of $20 per report to accompany payment for each driving history research report the applicant obtains from the Department pursuant to subdivision B 2 of § 46.2-2099.49, which fee shall be in addition to any other fees that are authorized for such reports.

A transportation network company may change its election under this subsection when applying for renewal of its certificate.

If the Department does not approve an application for an original certificate, the Department shall refund to the applicant $90,000 of the application fee paid under subdivision 1.

C. The Department shall collect a fee of $3 for the issuance of a duplicate license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter.

2001, c. 596; 2015, cc. 2, 3; 2017, cc. 74, 126.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.6. Vehicle fees.
Every person, other than a TNC partner, who operates a passenger vehicle for compensation over the highways of the Commonwealth, unless such operation is exempted from this chapter, shall be required to pay an annual fee of $3 for each such vehicle so operated, unless a vehicle identification marker fee has been paid to the Department as to such vehicle for the current year under the provisions of Chapter 27 (§ 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1. Such fee shall be paid through the single state registration system established pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 14504 and 49 C.F.R. Part 367 or through the unified carrier registration system established pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 14504a and the federal regulations promulgated thereunder for carriers registered pursuant to those provisions. No more than one vehicle fee shall be charged or paid as to any vehicle in any one year under Chapter 27 (§ 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 and this chapter, including payments made pursuant to the single state registration system or the unified carrier registration system.

2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 322; 2006, c. 208; 2015, cc. 2, 3.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.7. Certificate holders must provide services.
Every holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall provide services in accordance with this chapter and any terms, limitations, conditions, or restrictions as the Department may place on such certificate.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2011.8. Transfers of certificates of public convenience and necessity.
Any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter may be transferred, subject to the approval of the Department, and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Department. An application for such approval shall be made jointly by the transferor and transferee. The transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity can only be made upon a satisfactory showing that such purchaser or transferee can and will comply with the applicable motor carrier or broker laws, rules and regulations of the Department, is fit, willing and able to properly perform the services, and all taxes due the Commonwealth have been paid, or payment guaranteed.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2012, cc. 22, 111.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2012. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July 1, 2002.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2042. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 137.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2043. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July 1, 2002.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2051. Application of article.
Unless otherwise stated, this article shall apply to all motor carriers except transportation network companies.

2001, c. 596; 2015, cc. 2, 3.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2052. Bonds or insurance to be kept in force; amounts.
Each motor carrier shall keep in force at all times insurance, a bond, or bonds, in an amount required by this article.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2054. Policies or surety bonds to be filed with the Department and securities with State Treasurer.
A. Each motor carrier shall keep on file with the Department proof of an insurance policy or bond in accordance with this article. Record of the policy or bond shall remain in the files of the Department six months after the certificate, registration card, license plate, identification marker or permit is canceled for any cause. If federal, state, or municipal bonds are deposited with the State Treasurer in lieu of an insurance policy, the bonds shall remain deposited until six months after the registration card, license plate, certificate, permit or identification marker is canceled for any cause unless otherwise ordered by the Department.

B. The Department may, without holding a hearing, suspend a permit or certificate if the permittee or certificate holder fails to comply with the requirements of this section.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2055. Condition or obligation of security.
The insurance, bond or other security provided for in § 46.2-2054 shall obligate the insurer or surety to pay any final judgment for (i) injury to any passenger or passengers and (ii) any and all injuries to persons and loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of any motor vehicle.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2056. Effect of unfair claims settlement practices on self-insured motor carriers.
The provisions of subdivisions 4, 6, 11, and 12 of subsection A of § 38.2-510 shall apply to each holder of a certificate or permit issued by and under the authority of the Department who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy, has deposited with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds or has filed an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. The failure of any such holder of a certificate or permit to comply with the provisions of § 38.2-510 shall be the cause for revocation or suspension of the certificate or permit.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2057. Taxicab insurance required.
A. Each operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona fide taxicab service shall file insurance as required under this article unless evidence can be shown to the Department that the operator (i) is a self-insurer under an ordinance of the city or county where the home office of the operator is located or (ii) has been issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to § 46.2-368.

B. Any self-insurance protection subject to this section shall provide for protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist to the extent required by § 38.2-2206. Notwithstanding § 38.2-2206 or any other provision of this title, protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist shall be subject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle, as follows: (i) a limit of $25,000 due to bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident; (ii) subject to the limit for one person, a limit of $50,000 due to bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and (iii) a limit of $20,000 due to injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. The amount of bodily injury or property damage liability coverage available for payment from any source shall be credited against and reduce the amount of protection otherwise available against an underinsured motorist. Nothing herein shall preclude any self-insurer operator from purchasing or providing uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance coverage in an amount greater than required in this subsection. Such protection against uninsured and underinsured motorists shall be secondary coverage to any other valid and collectible insurance providing the same protection that is available to any person otherwise entitled to assert a claim to such protection by virtue of this section.

2001, c. 596; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 273; 2022, c. 308.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2058. When taxicab operator a self-insurer.
If the operator of any taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a taxicab service is a self-insurer under an ordinance of the city or county where the home office of the operator is located, such operator shall not be required to obtain and keep on file with the Department insurance as required by law.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2059. Permit required for taxicab service.
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a taxicab service to operate on an intrastate basis on any public highway in the Commonwealth outside the corporate limits of incorporated cities or towns without first obtaining from the Department a permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2059.1. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2017, c. 528, cl. 2, effective March 16, 2017.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2060. Limitations on advertising.
Within the jurisdictions of Planning District Number Eight, no person shall use the term "taxi" or "taxicab" in any advertisement, sign, or trade name, or hold himself out by means of advertising, signs, trade names, or otherwise as an operator of a taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a taxicab service as defined by § 46.2-2000, unless he complies with the requirements of § 46.2-2059 and any county, city, or town ordinance adopted pursuant to § 46.2-2062. This statute, however, shall not preempt, supersede, or affect in any way the authority of the governing body of any county, city, or town to issue local ordinances under §§ 46.2-2062 through 46.2-2067.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2061. Article does not make taxicab operators common carriers.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to make or constitute operators of taxicabs or other motor vehicles performing a taxicab service common carriers.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2062. Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges.
A. The governing body of any county, city or town in the Commonwealth may by ordinance regulate the rates or charges of any motor vehicles used for the transportation of passengers for a consideration on any highway, street, road, lane or alley in such county, city or town, and may prescribe such reasonable regulations as to filing of schedules of rates, charges and the general operation of such vehicles; provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, such ordinances and regulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any driver or lessor of any such motor vehicle by the owner or lessee thereof.

B. In considering rates or charges pursuant to this section, or financial responsibility as provided by this chapter, the governing body may require the owner or operator to submit such supporting financial data as may be necessary, including federal or state income tax returns for the two years preceding, provided that the governing body shall not require any owner or operator to submit any audit more extensive than that conducted by such owner or operator in the normal course of business. Such financial data shall be used only for consideration of rates or charges, or to determine financial responsibility, and shall be kept confidential by the governing body to which it has been submitted. Nothing in this subsection shall make confidential any certificate of insurance, bond, letter of credit, or other certification that the owner or operator has met the requirements of this chapter or of any local ordinance with regard to financial responsibility.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 3.2-5620, in the absence of any specifications, tolerances, and regulations for software-based taximeter technology published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, any county, city, or town that has adopted an ordinance regulating taxicabs as provided in subsection A may authorize the use of software-based devices that utilize GPS or other measurement data in the calculation of time-and-distance fares for taxicab service.

2001, c. 596; 2007, c. 238; 2017, c. 528.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2063. Locality license and payment of locality license tax may be required.
The governing body of any county, city, or town may require a license for and impose upon and collect a license tax from every person, firm, association, or corporation that operates or intends to operate in such county, city, or town any taxicab or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for a consideration. The tax may be upon each such motor vehicle so operated. The governing body of the county, city, or town may by ordinance provide for levying and collecting the tax and may impose penalties for violations of the ordinance and for operating any such vehicle without obtaining the required license. Any person accepting a license issued under authority of this section and operating a taxicab business based in a county, city or town shall be subject to the provision that any complaint relating to taxicab service in the Commonwealth shall be resolved under the license regulations of the county, city, or town from which that person obtained a taxicab license.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2064. When local license may not be required.
No such county, city or town shall require a license or impose a license tax for the operation of any such motor vehicle for which a similar license is imposed or tax levied by the county, city or town of which the owner or operator of the motor vehicle is a resident, except that such license may be required and such license tax imposed by any such county, city, or town for the operation of any such motor vehicle if the owner, lessee, or operator thereof maintains a taxicab stand or otherwise solicits business within such county, city, or town; nor, except as herein expressly authorized, shall more than one county, city or town impose any such license fee or tax on the same vehicle. This article shall not be construed to apply to common carriers of persons operating as public carriers by authority of the Department of Motor Vehicles or under a franchise granted by any county, city, or town.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2065. Local regulation of qualifications of operators; stands.
The governing body of any county, city, or town may prescribe such reasonable regulations as to the character and qualifications of operators of any such vehicle as they deem proper and may provide for the designation and allocation, by the sheriff or chief of police, of stands for such vehicles and the persons who may use the same.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2066. Penalty for violation of provisions of article or regulations.
Every owner or operator of a motor vehicle used as a vehicle for the transportation of persons for a consideration on any highway, street, road, lane or alley in any county, city or town who violates any of the provisions of this article or regulations of a governing body made pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $500 for each subsequent offense.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2067. Local regulation of number of taxicabs.
A. It is the policy of this Commonwealth, based on the public health, safety and welfare, to assure safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service for the riding public in this Commonwealth; and in furtherance of this policy, it is recognized that it is essential that counties, cities and towns be granted the authority to reasonably regulate such taxicab service as to the number of operators and the number of vehicles that shall provide such service and regulations as to the rates or charges for such taxicab service, even though such regulations may have an anti-competitive effect on such service by limiting the number of operators and vehicles within a particular jurisdiction.

B. The governing body of any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth may regulate by ordinance and limit the number of taxicab operators and the number of taxicabs within its jurisdiction in order to provide safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service on any highway, street, road, lane or alley in such county, city, or town. The governing body may promulgate such reasonable regulations to further the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, minimum liability insurance requirements. However, such ordinances and regulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any driver or lessor of any such motor vehicle by the owner or lessee thereof; nor shall such ordinances and regulations authorize the governing body to reduce the number of taxicabs permitted to be operated by a taxicab operator or a holder of a certificate issued under such ordinance, other than for non-use of such taxicabs or for cause as defined by such ordinance, including instances where there is a decrease in the demand for taxicab service. Further, such ordinances and regulations shall not impose (i) regulatory requirements concerning claims settlement practices beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2056 or (ii) financial requirements to qualify as a self-insurer beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2053 on any taxicab operator who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy or surety bond, has qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to § 46.2-2053 by depositing with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds or has filed an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect or control the authority of counties, cities or towns to set the amount, if any, of locally established liability insurance requirements that may be met by a program of self-insurance.

2001, c. 596; 2012, cc. 35, 105.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2068. Required permit.
No employee hauler, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis without first having obtained from the Department a permit authorizing such operation.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2069. Application; requirements.
An applicant for a permit issued pursuant to this article shall furnish, at the time the application is made, a statement in writing signed by the applicant (i) setting forth the names and locations of the factories, plants, offices or other places of like nature to and from which the applicant proposes to operate and (ii) stating that such applicant will transport only bona fide employees of such factories, plants, offices or like places to and from work.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2070. Permit restrictions.
A permit issued under this article shall authorize the holder named in the permit to transport bona fide employees solely to and from the factories, plants, offices or other places of like nature specified at the time of application.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2071. Required permit.
No nonprofit/tax-exempt passenger carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis without first having obtained from the Department a permit authorizing such operation.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2072. Operational restrictions.
No nonprofit/tax-exempt passenger carrier shall operate over the same or an adjacent route and on a similar schedule as a public transportation authority or a common carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this chapter.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2073. Exemption from permit filing fees.
The original permit filing fee collected pursuant to this chapter shall not be applicable to non-profit/tax-exempt passenger carriers.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2074. Application of article.
Unless otherwise stated, this article shall only apply to common carriers of passengers over the highways of the Commonwealth.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2075. Required certificates of public convenience and necessity.
No common carrier not otherwise exempted, other than a sight-seeing carrier, shall engage in intrastate operation on any highway within the Commonwealth without first having obtained from the Department a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing such operation.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2076. Application; notice requirements.
In addition to the requirements of § 46.2-2001.3, an applicant for a common carrier certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this article shall cause a notice of such application, on the form and in the manner prescribed by the Department, on the mayor or principal officer of any city or town and on the chairman of the board of supervisors of every county into or through which the applicant may desire to provide service.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2077. Considerations for determination of issuance of certificate.
In addition to the requirements of § 46.2-2011, in determining whether a certificate of public convenience and necessity required by this article shall be granted, the Department may consider the present transportation facilities over the proposed route or within the proposed service area, the volume of traffic over such route or in such service area, and the condition of the highway over the proposed route or service area.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2078. No certificate to issue when service already adequate.
No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over the route of any certificated common carrier unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Department that the service rendered by such certificate holder, over such route, is inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the Department is of the opinion that the service rendered by such certificate holder over such route is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given reasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over such route.

For the purpose of this section, the transportation of passengers by an urban-suburban bus line, hereby defined as a bus line, the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance no more than forty miles, measured one way, on the same day, between their places of abode and their places of work, shopping areas, or schools, shall not be deemed an operation over the route of any common carrier of passengers holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

2001, c. 596.