§ 46.2-324. Applicants and license holders to notify Department of change ofaddress; fee.
A. Whenever any person, after applying for or obtaining a driver's license orspecial identification card shall move from the address shown in theapplication or on the license or special identification card, he shall,within 30 days, notify the Department of his change of address. If theDepartment receives notification from the person or any court orlaw-enforcement agency that a person's residential address has changed to anon-Virginia address, unless the person (i) is on active duty with the armedforces of the United States, (ii) provides proof that he is a U.S. citizenand resides outside the United States because of his employment or theemployment of a spouse or parent, or (iii) provides proof satisfactory to theCommissioner that he is a bona fide resident of Virginia, the Departmentshall (i) mail, by first-class mail, no later than three days after thenotice of address change is received by the Department, notice to the personthat his license and/or special identification card will be cancelled by theDepartment and (ii) cancel the driver's license and/or special identificationcard 30 days after notice of cancellation has been mailed.
B. The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or anauthorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purposeof obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears incustomer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receivesinformation from the National Change of Address System indicating that aperson whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanentchange of address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update itsrecords with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of AddressSystem.
C. There may be imposed upon anyone failing to notify the Department of hischange of address as required by this section a fee of $5, which fee shall beused to defray the expenses incurred by the Department. Notwithstanding theforegoing provision of this subsection, no fee shall be imposed on any personwhose address is obtained from the National Change of Address System.
D. The Department shall electronically transmit change of address informationto the Department of State Police, in a format approved by the State Police,for comparison with information contained in the Virginia CriminalInformation Network and National Crime Information Center Convicted SexualOffender Registry Files, at the time of the change of address. Whenever itappears from the records of the State Police that a person has failed tocomply with the duty to register or reregister pursuant to Chapter 9 (§9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1, the State Police shall promptly investigateand, if there is probable cause to believe a violation has occurred, obtain awarrant or assist in obtaining an indictment charging a violation of §18.2-472.1 in the jurisdiction in which the person last registered orreregistered or in the jurisdiction where the person made application forchange of address.
(1974, c. 347, § 46.1-368.1; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 943, 994; 2002, cc. 767,834; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2010, cc. 25, 55.)
§ 46.2-324. Applicants and license holders to notify Department of change ofaddress; fee.
A. Whenever any person, after applying for or obtaining a driver's license orspecial identification card shall move from the address shown in theapplication or on the license or special identification card, he shall,within 30 days, notify the Department of his change of address. If theDepartment receives notification from the person or any court orlaw-enforcement agency that a person's residential address has changed to anon-Virginia address, unless the person (i) is on active duty with the armedforces of the United States, (ii) provides proof that he is a U.S. citizenand resides outside the United States because of his employment or theemployment of a spouse or parent, or (iii) provides proof satisfactory to theCommissioner that he is a bona fide resident of Virginia, the Departmentshall (i) mail, by first-class mail, no later than three days after thenotice of address change is received by the Department, notice to the personthat his license and/or special identification card will be cancelled by theDepartment and (ii) cancel the driver's license and/or special identificationcard 30 days after notice of cancellation has been mailed.
B. The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or anauthorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purposeof obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears incustomer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receivesinformation from the National Change of Address System indicating that aperson whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanentchange of address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update itsrecords with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of AddressSystem.
C. There may be imposed upon anyone failing to notify the Department of hischange of address as required by this section a fee of $5, which fee shall beused to defray the expenses incurred by the Department. Notwithstanding theforegoing provision of this subsection, no fee shall be imposed on any personwhose address is obtained from the National Change of Address System.
D. The Department shall electronically transmit change of address informationto the Department of State Police, in a format approved by the State Police,for comparison with information contained in the Virginia CriminalInformation Network and National Crime Information Center Convicted SexualOffender Registry Files, at the time of the change of address. Whenever itappears from the records of the State Police that a person has failed tocomply with the duty to register or reregister pursuant to Chapter 9 (§9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1, the State Police shall promptly investigateand, if there is probable cause to believe a violation has occurred, obtain awarrant or assist in obtaining an indictment charging a violation of §18.2-472.1 in the jurisdiction in which the person last registered orreregistered or in the jurisdiction where the person made application forchange of address.
(1974, c. 347, § 46.1-368.1; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 943, 994; 2002, cc. 767,834; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2010, cc. 25, 55.)
§ 46.2-324. Applicants and license holders to notify Department of change ofaddress; fee.
A. Whenever any person, after applying for or obtaining a driver's license orspecial identification card shall move from the address shown in theapplication or on the license or special identification card, he shall,within 30 days, notify the Department of his change of address. If theDepartment receives notification from the person or any court orlaw-enforcement agency that a person's residential address has changed to anon-Virginia address, unless the person (i) is on active duty with the armedforces of the United States, (ii) provides proof that he is a U.S. citizenand resides outside the United States because of his employment or theemployment of a spouse or parent, or (iii) provides proof satisfactory to theCommissioner that he is a bona fide resident of Virginia, the Departmentshall (i) mail, by first-class mail, no later than three days after thenotice of address change is received by the Department, notice to the personthat his license and/or special identification card will be cancelled by theDepartment and (ii) cancel the driver's license and/or special identificationcard 30 days after notice of cancellation has been mailed.
B. The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or anauthorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purposeof obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears incustomer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receivesinformation from the National Change of Address System indicating that aperson whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanentchange of address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update itsrecords with the mailing address obtained from the National Change of AddressSystem.
C. There may be imposed upon anyone failing to notify the Department of hischange of address as required by this section a fee of $5, which fee shall beused to defray the expenses incurred by the Department. Notwithstanding theforegoing provision of this subsection, no fee shall be imposed on any personwhose address is obtained from the National Change of Address System.
D. The Department shall electronically transmit change of address informationto the Department of State Police, in a format approved by the State Police,for comparison with information contained in the Virginia CriminalInformation Network and National Crime Information Center Convicted SexualOffender Registry Files, at the time of the change of address. Whenever itappears from the records of the State Police that a person has failed tocomply with the duty to register or reregister pursuant to Chapter 9 (§9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1, the State Police shall promptly investigateand, if there is probable cause to believe a violation has occurred, obtain awarrant or assist in obtaining an indictment charging a violation of §18.2-472.1 in the jurisdiction in which the person last registered orreregistered or in the jurisdiction where the person made application forchange of address.
(1974, c. 347, § 46.1-368.1; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 943, 994; 2002, cc. 767,834; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2010, cc. 25, 55.)
