Driver’s Licenses No Longer Being Revoked After Drug Conviction in Virginia
September 25, 2021 by Jean Humbrecht
Over the past few years, Virginia has enacted significant changes to many criminal laws, including drug laws. Some of these changes include the decriminalization (and eventual legalization) of marijuana, as well as removing the requirement of driver’s license revocation after convictions for drug charges.
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Virginia Will No Longer Be Revoking Driver’s License for Drug Convictions
Driver’s Licenses No Longer Being Revoked After Drug Conviction in Virginia
In July 2020, Virginia removed the requirement of automatic driver’s license revocation for drug charges. Previously, anyone convicted of almost any drug offense would also have his or her driver’s license revoked for 6 months as a result of a conviction. This even applied to deferred adjudications of guilt for first time offenders that resulted in drug charges being dismissed.
There still are a number of reasons that Virginia can revoke a person’s driver’s license can be revoked. Some of these reasons include, but are not limited to, convictions for some offenses committed while operating a motor vehicle (such as DUI convictions, felony convictions involving the use of a motor vehicle, and a third conviction resulting in demerit points committed by a person when he or she was under the age of 18), taking a driver’s test for someone else, or providing false information to obtain a driver’s license.
For more information on reasons a driver’s license could be revoked in Virginia, click here
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