No More License Revocation for Drug Convictions in Virginia
September 1, 2021 by Jean Humbrecht
Over the past couple of years, Virginia enacted many significant changes to criminal laws, including drug charges. Some of these changes included marijuana decriminalization (and eventual legalization), as well as removing the requirement of driver’s license revocation after drug convictions.
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There Will No Longer be Driver’s License Revocation as a Punishment for Drug Convictions in Virginia
No More License Revocation for Drug Convictions in Virginia
In July 2020, Virginia removed the requirement of driver’s license revocation after convictions for drug charges. Previously, anyone convicted of almost any drug charge would also have his or her driver’s license revoked for 6 months as a result of the conviction. This even applied to deferred adjudications of guilt that were available to first time offenders resulting in dismissal of drug charges.
There still are a number of other reasons that a person’s driver’s license can be revoked in Virginia. Some of these reasons include, but are not limited to, convictions for certain offenses committed while operating a motor vehicle (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 on a driver’s license application.
Click here for more information on reasons a driver’s license could be revoked in Virginia.
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