Virginia Code 46.2-2011.24: Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses, permits, or certificates.
A license, permit, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter may be denied, suspended, or revoked on any one or more of the following grounds, where applicable:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-2011.24
- Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity or a certificate of fitness. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Financial responsibility: means the ability to respond in damages for liability thereafter incurred arising out of the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle, in the amounts provided for in this chapter. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Identification marker: means a decal or other visible identification issued by the Department to show one or more of the following: (i) that the operator of the vehicle has registered with the Department for the payment of the road tax imposed under Chapter 27 of Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- License: means a license issued by the Department to a broker or a TNC broker. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Motor carrier: means any person who undertakes, whether directly or by lease, to transport passengers for compensation over the highways of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Permit: means a permit issued by the Department to carriers operating as employee haulers or nonprofit/tax-exempt passenger carriers or to operators of taxicabs or other vehicles performing taxicab service under this chapter. See Virginia Code 46.2-2000
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Vehicle: means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
1. Material misstatement or omission in application for license, certificate, permit, identification marker, or vehicle registration;
2. Failure to comply subsequent to receipt of a written warning from the Department or any willful failure to comply with a lawful order, any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department under this chapter, or any term, condition, or restriction of a license, permit, or certificate;
3. Failure to comply with zoning or other land use regulations, ordinances, or statutes;
4. Use of deceptive business acts or practices;
5. Knowingly advertising 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, certificate, permit, identification marker, or vehicle registration is held or sought;
6. Having been found, through a judicial or administrative hearing, to have committed fraudulent or deceptive acts in connection with the business for which a license, permit, or certificate is held or sought or any consumer-related fraud;
7. Having been convicted of any criminal act involving the business for which a license, permit, or certificate is held or sought;
8. Failure to comply with § 46.2-2056 or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto;
9. Improper leasing, renting, lending, or otherwise allowing the improper use of a license, certificate, permit, identification marker, or vehicle registration;
10. Having been convicted of a felony;
11. Having been convicted of any misdemeanor involving lying, cheating, stealing, or moral turpitude;
12. Failure to submit to the Department any tax, fees, dues, fines, or penalties owed to the Department;
13. Failure to furnish the Department information, documentation, or records required or requested pursuant to statute or regulation;
14. Knowingly and willfully filing any false report, account, record, or memorandum;
15. Failure to meet or maintain application certifications or requirements of public convenience and necessity, character, fitness, and financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter;
16. Willfully altering or changing the appearance or wording of any license, permit, certificate, identification marker, license plate, or vehicle registration;
17. Failure to provide services in accordance with license, permit, or certificate terms, limitations, conditions, or requirements;
18. Failure to maintain and keep on file with the Department motor carrier liability insurance, issued by a company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth, or a bond, certificate of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, or unconditional letter of credit in accordance with this chapter, with respect to each motor vehicle operated in the Commonwealth;
19. Failure to comply with the Workers’ Compensation Act of Title 65.2;
20. Failure to properly register a motor vehicle under this title;
21. Failure to comply with any federal motor carrier statute, rule, or regulation;
22. Failure to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Virginians with Disabilities Act (§ 51.5-1 et seq.);
23. Inactivity of a motor carrier as may be evidenced by the absence of a motor vehicle registered to operate under such certificate or permit for a period of greater than three months; or
24. Failure to comply with any provision regarding the filing and registered agent requirements set forth in Title 13.1.