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Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-308

Temporary exemption for new resident licensed under laws of another state; privately owned vehicle driver's licenses

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 188 F. Supp. 3d 577 - Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections (2016)

Most recently applied in 188 F. Supp. 3d 577 - Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections (May 2016)

1976, c. 17, § 46.1-355.1; 1989, cc. 705, 727; 1994, c. 356; 2002, cc. 755, 767, 834.

A resident over the age of sixteen years and three months who has been duly licensed as a driver under a law of another state or country requiring the licensing of drivers shall, for the first sixty days of his residency in the Commonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license, to drive a motor vehicle on the highways of the Commonwealth.

Persons to whom military privately-owned vehicle driver's licenses have been issued by the Department of Defense shall, for the first sixty days of their residency in the Commonwealth, be permitted, without a Virginia license, to drive motor vehicles on the highways of the Commonwealth.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.