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VA Code § 46.2-2011.6 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.7 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.8 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.10. Advertisements

A. No person shall advertise or permit to be advertised by any means a transportation service unless such person first obtains a license, permit, or certificate as provided in this chapter. Whenever any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder places an advertisement in any newspaper or publication advertising a transportation service, there shall appear within such advertisement the license, permit, or certificate number. If multiple licenses, permits, or certificates are held, only one number must appear.B. It shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder to knowingly advertise by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, misleading, or deceptive relating to the conduct of the business for which a license, permit, or certificate is held.C. The requirement of subsection A of this section to include a license, permit, or certificate number in advertisements shall not apply to excursion train operators.2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.11. Established place of business

A. No license or certificate shall be issued to any applicant that does not have an established place of business, owned or leased by the applicant, where a substantial portion of the activity of the motor carrier, TNC broker, or broker business will be routinely conducted and that:1. Satisfies all applicable local zoning regulations;2. Houses all records that the motor carrier, TNC broker, or broker is required to maintain by this chapter or by regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter; and3. Is equipped with a working telephone listed or advertised in the name of the motor carrier, TNC broker, or broker.B. Every licensee and certificate holder shall maintain an established place of business in accordance with subsection A of this section and keep on file a physical address with the Department. Every licensee and certificate holder shall inform the Department by certified letter or other manner prescribed by the Department of any changes to the motor carrier, TNC broker, or broker's mailing address, physical location, telephone number, and legal status, legal name of company, or trade name of company within 30 days of such change.C. Any licensee or certificate holder that relocates his established place of business shall confirm to the Department that the new established place of business conforms to the requirements of subsection A.2001, c. 596; 2012, cc. 22, 111; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2017, c. 635.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.12. Transportation of baggage with passengers

A certificate authorizing the transportation of passengers as a motor carrier shall also be deemed to include authority to transport in the same vehicle with passengers the baggage of passengers.2001, c. 596.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.13. Stowing of baggage, parcels, etc.

Motor carriers transporting baggage or other property of passengers shall do so only when such articles are stowed in a manner to assure:1. Unrestricted freedom of motion to the driver for proper operation of the vehicle.2. Unobstructed passage to regular and emergency exits by any person.3. Adequate protection from personal injury that may result from the displacement or fall of such articles.2001, c. 596.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.14. Notice of abandonment of service

Every motor carrier, TNC broker, broker, or excursion train operator who ceases operation or abandons his rights under a license, certificate, or permit issued shall notify the Department within 30 days of such cessation or abandonment.2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861; 2017, c. 635.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2011.15. Department may seek judgment for refunds due public and collect and distribute same

If any motor carrier or broker, upon the final decision of an appeal from the action of the Department prescribing rates, charges, tariffs, or classification of traffic, confirming or modifying the action of the Department, fails to refund in the manner and within the time prescribed in the notice of the Department all amounts that the appealing carrier or broker may have collected, pending the appeal, in excess of that authorized by such final decision, upon notice to such carrier or broker by the Department of such final decision, then the Department, after thirty days' notice to any such carrier or broker, may, unless the amount required by such final decision is paid to the Department, seek judgment in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use of the persons, firms and corporations entitled to the same, against any such carrier or broker for the aggregate amount of such collections and for costs, and may enforce the amount of such judgment and costs by process of execution, as provided by law. The Department shall, upon the collection of such judgment, forthwith distribute the amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto, respectively, in such manner as it may by its rules or regulations prescribe, and shall, upon the payment or collection of any such judgment, mark the same satisfied upon its records, and have the same entered satisfied on the judgment lien docket of the court where the same may have been docketed; the satisfaction of any such judgment shall be a bar to any further action or recovery against any such carrier or broker to the extent of such recovery.2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.16 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.17 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.18 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.19 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.20 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.21 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.22 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.23 (2021)
2021 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; or4. 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.25 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.26 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2011.27 (2021)
2021 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.