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2005 West Virginia Code - CHAPTER 17B. — MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER\'S LICENSES
- CHAPTER 17B. — MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSES.
- ARTICLE 1. — WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED.
- §17B-1-1. — Definitions.
- ARTICLE 1A. — DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT.
- §17B-1A-1. — Authorization.
- §17B-1A-2. — Definitions; implementation of compact.
- ARTICLE 1B. — DRIVERS' OR CHAUFFEURS' LICENSE IDENTIFICATION OF ANATOMICAL ORGAN DONORS.
- §17B-1B-1. — Commissioner to adopt and implement program.
- §17B-1B-2. — License application to contain space for donor.
- §17B-1B-3. — Commissioner to publish information and notify other states of program.
- §17B-1B-4. — Anatomical gift act not affected.
- ARTICLE 1C. — NONRESIDENT VIOLATOR COMPACT.
- §17B-1C-1. — Authorization for entry into nonresident violator compact.
- §17B-1C-2. — Definitions.
- §17B-1C-3. — Compact administrator.
- §17B-1C-4. — Entry into other nonresident violator compacts.
- ARTICLE 1D. — MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION.
- §17B-1D-1. — Legislative findings.
- §17B-1D-2. — Program established.
- §17B-1D-3. — Rider training.
- §17B-1D-4. — Instructor training and qualification.
- §17B-1D-5. — Program implementation.
- §17B-1D-6. — Exemption from motorcycle license examination.
- §17B-1D-7. — Motorcycle safety account.
- §17B-1D-8. — Motorcycle safety awareness board continued.
- §17B-1D-9. — Authority to promulgate rules.
- §17B-1D-10. — Continuation of motorcycle safety awareness board.
- ARTICLE 2. — ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
- §17B-2-1. — Drivers must be licensed; types of licenses; licensees need not obtain local government license; motorcycle driver license; identification cards.
- §17B-2-1a. — Surrender of license from other state or jurisdiction prior to receipt of license from this state; examination; fees required.
- §17B-2-1b. — Transfer of driver's licensing examination function.
- §17B-2-2. — Persons exempt from license.
- §17B-2-3. — What persons may not be licensed; exceptions.
- §17B-2-3a. — Graduated driver's licenses.
- §17B-2-4. — Persons prohibited from driving school buses or transporting persons or property for compensation.
- §17B-2-5. — Qualifications, issuance and fee for instruction permits.
- §17B-2-5a. — Training, certification and monitoring of license examiners.
- §17B-2-6. — Application for license or instruction permit; fee to accompany application.
- §17B-2-7. — Examination of applicants.
- §17B-2-7a. — Driver's licensing advisory board.
- §17B-2-7b. — Separate examination and endorsement for a license valid for operation of motorcycle.
- §17B-2-7c. — Motorcycle license examination fund.
- §17B-2-8. — Issuance and contents of licenses; fees.
- §17B-2-9. — License to be carried and exhibited on demand; penalty.
- §17B-2-9a. — Exemptions of certain railroad workers.
- §17B-2-10. — Restricted licenses.
- §17B-2-11. — Duplicate permits and licenses.
- §17B-2-12. — Expiration of licenses; renewal; renewal fees.
- §17B-2-13. — Notice of change of address or name.
- §17B-2-14. — Records and indices to be kept by the division.
- §17B-2-15. — Authority for rules.
- ARTICLE 2A. — REQUIREMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION.
- §17B-2A-1. — Legislative intent.
- §17B-2A-2. — Compliance with registration requirements of military selective service act.
- ARTICLE 3. — CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES.
- §17B-3-1. — Authority of division to cancel license.
- §17B-3-2. — Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.
- §17B-3-3. — Suspending resident's license upon conviction in another state.
- §17B-3-3a. — Suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed by magistrate court or municipal court.
- §17B-3-3c. — Suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed as the result of criminal conviction or for failure to appear in court.
- §17B-3-4. — Abstract of judgment of conviction for violation of motor vehicle laws to be sent to division.
- §17B-3-5. — Grounds for mandatory revocation of license by department.
- §17B-3-6. — Authority of division to suspend or revoke license; hearing.
- §17B-3-7. — Department may require reexamination.
- §17B-3-8. — Suspension for more than one year.
- §17B-3-9. — Surrender and return of license not required.
- §17B-3-10. — No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state.
- §17B-3-11. — Mandatory revocation of license of certain blind persons.
- §17B-3-12. — Mandatory suspension for fraudulent use of driver's license.
- ARTICLE 4. — VIOLATION OF LICENSE PROVISIONS.
- §17B-4-1. — Unlawful use of license or nonoperator's identification; license and nonoperator's identification violations generally.
- §17B-4-2. — False affidavits.
- §17B-4-3. — Driving while license suspended or revoked; driving while license revoked for driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs, or while having alcoholic concentration in the blood of eight hundredths of one percent or more, by weight, or for refusing to take secondary chemical test of blood alcohol contents.
- §17B-4-4. — Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
- §17B-4-5. — Employing unlicensed chauffeur.
- §17B-4-6. — Renting motor vehicle to another.
- ARTICLE 5. — PENALTIES.
- §17B-5-1. — Violations of chapter; penalty for misdemeanor.
- §17B-5-2. — Jurisdiction of crimes by justices.
- ARTICLE 6. — EFFECT OF CHAPTER.
- §17B-6-1. — Constitutionality.
- §17B-6-2. — Repeal of inconsistent provisions.
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