A. 
No person, except those expressly exempted in §§ 46.1-352 through 46.1-356 of the Code of Virginia,[1] shall drive any motor vehicle on any street in this City until such person shall have obtained either an operator's or chauffeur's license, unless such person shall have been issued an operator's or chauffeur's license prior to June 19, 1946, that is renewable in the discretion of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727. See now Title 46.2.
B. 
Upon a first conviction of a violation of this section, the penalty imposed shall be a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section, which second offense shall have occurred within one year of a first offense, the penalty shall be imprisonment in jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months and, in addition, may be a fine not less than $100 nor more than $500.
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in § 46.1-352.1 of the Code of Virginia,[1] no person, resident or nonresident, whose operator's or chauffeur's license or instruction permit or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked or who has been directed not to drive by any court or by the Commissioner or by operation of law pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or Title 46.1 or § 18.1-59 of the Code of Virginia[2] or who has been forbidden as prescribed by law by the Commissioner, the State Corporation Commission, the State Highway Commissioner, any court or the Superintendent of State Police to operate a motor vehicle in this state shall thereafter drive any motor vehicle or any self-propelled machinery or equipment on any street in this City unless and until the period of such suspension or revocation shall have terminated.
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727. See now Title 46.2.
[2]
Editor's Note: Title 18.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1975, c. 14; see now Title 18.2. Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727; see now Title 46.2.
B. 
Any person violating this section shall, for the first offense, be confined in jail not less than 10 days nor more than six months and may in addition be fined not less than $100 nor more than $200, and for the second or any subsequent offense be confined in jail not less than two months nor more than one year and may in addition be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000. The court shall not suspend the entire jail sentence in any case but may, in its discretion, suspend a portion thereof, provided that this provision, in the discretion of the court, shall not apply if the operation of the motor vehicle was due to an emergency involving danger to the health or life of any person or to property, and provided further that the court may, in its discretion, prescribe that the jail sentence shall be served at such time or times as the court may direct after considering the circumstances of the person convicted of violating this section.
C. 
In addition, the court shall suspend or revoke such person's license, permit or privilege to drive for the same period for which it had been previously suspended or revoked when such person violated this section. In the event such person has violated this section by driving during a period of suspension or revocation which was not for a definite period of time, the court shall suspend or revoke such person's license, permit or privilege to drive for an additional period not to exceed 90 days. Any additional suspension ordered under the provisions of this section shall commence upon the expiration of the previous suspension or revocation, unless such previous suspension or revocation has expired prior to the ordering of an additional suspension or revocation.
A. 
No person, resident or nonresident, whose operator's or chauffeur's license or instruction permit has been suspended or revoked by any court or by the Commissioner or by operation of law pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or Title 46.1 or § 18.1-59 of the Code of Virginia or who has been forbidden as prescribed by law by the Commissioner, the State Corporation Commission, the State Highway Commissioner or the Superintendent of State Police to operate a motor vehicle in this state shall drive any motor vehicle in this City during any period wherein the restoration of license or privilege is contingent upon the furnishing of proof of financial responsibility unless he has given proof of financial responsibility in the manner provided in Article 6 (§ 46.1-467 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 18.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1975, c. 14; see now Title 18.2. Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727; see now Title 46.2.
B. 
Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction of the first violation therefor, be punished by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months or be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. For the second or any subsequent violation of this section, the offender shall be confined in jail not less than one month nor more than 12 months or be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
A. 
Where any officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter or of the motor vehicle laws of this state reasonably believes that he has arrested any person who will be subject to the penalties prescribed by § 394-33 or 394-35, he shall seize and take possession, either at the time of arrest or within 30 days after such arrest, of the motor vehicle being operated by such person at the time of arrest and deliver the same to the City Sergeant, taking his receipt therefor in duplicate. The officer making such seizure shall also forthwith report, in writing, such arrest and seizure to the Attorney for the commonwealth for the City.
B. 
The Attorney for the commonwealth shall forthwith notify the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles of such seizure and the motor number of the vehicle so seized, and the Commissioner shall promptly certify to the Attorney for the City the name and address of the person in whose name such vehicle is registered, together with the name and address of any person holding a lien thereon, and the amount thereof. The Commissioner shall also forthwith notify such registered owner and lienor, in writing, of the reported seizure.
(1) 
The certificate of the Commissioner concerning such registration and lien shall be received in evidence in any proceeding, either civil or criminal, under any provision of this section or that of § 46.1-351.2 of the Code of Virginia[1] in which such facts may be material to the issue involved.
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727. See now Title 46.2.
(2) 
The proceedings concerning vehicles seized pursuant to this section shall be as provided in § 46.1-351.2 of the Code of Virginia.
No person shall:
A. 
Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any operator's or chauffeur's license knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been cancelled, revoked, suspended or altered, or photographed for the purpose of evading the intent of this chapter.
B. 
Lend to or knowingly permit the use of by one not entitled thereto any operator's or chauffeur's license issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
C. 
Display or represent as his own any operator's or chauffeur's license not issued to the person so displaying the same.
D. 
Reproduce, by photograph or otherwise, any operator's or chauffeur's license or temporary permit or instruction permit issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles without obtaining prior written consent of the Division.
E. 
Fail or refuse to surrender to the Division of Motor Vehicles, upon demand, any operator's or chauffeur's license issued in this state or any other state which has been suspended, cancelled or revoked by proper authority in this state or any other state as provided by law or fail or refuse to surrender such suspended, cancelled or revoked license to any court in which an operator or chauffeur has been tried and convicted for the violation of any law of this state or any provision of this Code or other ordinance of this City regulating or affecting the operation of a motor vehicle.
A. 
Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, upon receiving a registration card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles, shall write his usual signature with pen and ink in the space or spaces provided for that purpose and such registration card shall not be valid unless so signed, provided that the Commissioner may, if in his opinion it is equitable, accept a stamped or facsimile signature of an owner if such owner files with the Commissioner an acknowledgment that such stamped or facsimile signature can be relied upon the same as though the owner had personally signed any such registration card or application for license.
B. 
The operator or chauffeur of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, while such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is operated upon the streets of this City, shall have in his possession the registration card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles or the registration card issued by the state or county in which the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is registered and his operator's or chauffeur's license or temporary instruction or driver's permit.
C. 
The owner, operator or chauffeur of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall stop upon the signal of any peace or police officer who shall be in uniform or who shall show his badge or other sign of authority and shall upon request exhibit his registration card, operator's or chauffeur's license or temporary instruction or driver's permit and shall write his name in the presence of such peace or police officer if so required for the purpose of establishing his identity.
D. 
Every person licensed by the Division of Motor Vehicles as an operator and every person licensed by the Division of Motor Vehicles as a chauffeur or issued a temporary instruction or driver's permit who fails to carry his license or permit and the registration card for the vehicle which he operates shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $10, provided that if any person, when summoned to appear before a court for failure to display his license, permit or the registration card, upon such demand being made of him, shall present to the officer making such demand before the return date of the summons a proper license or permit duly issued to him prior to the time of such demand or a proper registration card, as the case may be, or shall appear pursuant to such summons and produce before the court a proper license or permit duly issued to him prior to the time of such demand or a proper registration card, as the case may be, he shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this section.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or for the owner thereof to knowingly permit the operation of, upon a street in the City, any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer without having displayed thereon the license plate or plates assigned thereto by the State Motor Vehicle Division for the current registration year, whenever such license plate or plates are required by state law.
B. 
Such license plates shall, for a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, trailer or semitrailer, be attached to such motor vehicle, one in front and the other in the rear. The license plate assigned to a motorcycle, trailer or semitrailer shall be attached to the rear thereof.
C. 
Every such license plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to which it is assigned so as to prevent the plate from swinging, in a position to be clearly visible, and in a condition to be clearly legible.
It shall be unlawful for any person to display or to cause or permit to be displayed or to have in possession any registration card, certificate of title or registration license plate knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been cancelled, revoked, suspended or altered.
[Added 5-21-1964; amended 8-20-1964]
It shall be unlawful for an owner to or for an owner to permit any person to operate or park a motor vehicle on the streets or municipal parking lots in the City that does not have a valid state inspection sticker.