2017 Code of Virginia
Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 3 - Licensure of Drivers
§ 46.2-358. Restoration of privilege of driving motor vehicle; when petition may be brought; terms and conditions
In any case where the provisions of § 46.2-360 or § 46.2-361 do not apply, five years from the date of any final order of a court entered under this article, or if no such order was entered then the notice of the determination by the Commissioner finding a person to be an habitual offender and revoking his privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth, the person may petition the court in which he was found to be an habitual offender, or any court of record in Virginia having criminal jurisdiction in the political subdivision in which he then resides, for restoration of his privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth. On such petition, and for good cause shown, the court may, upon a finding that such person does not constitute a threat to the safety and welfare of himself or others with regard to the driving of a motor vehicle, (i) restore to the person the privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth on whatever conditions the court may prescribe or (ii) order that the person be issued a restricted license to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth for any of the purposes set forth in and in accordance with the procedures of subsection E of § 18.2-271.1, subject to other provisions of law relating to the issuance of driver's licenses.
1968, c. 476, § 46.1-387.9; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 617; 1995, c. 799.
