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CHAPTER 450 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 11 of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-902.1, relating to requiring certain motorists to furnish proof of insurance or payment of fee for registration of an uninsured motor vehicle; penalty. [S 358] Approved April 2, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 11 of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-902.1 as follows:

§ 46.2-902.1. Officer may require certain motorists to furnish proof of insurance or payment of fee for registration of an uninsured motor vehicle; penalty.

Any law-enforcement officer present at the scene of a motor vehicle accident as to which a law-enforcement officer is required by § 46.2-373 to file an accident report with the Department may require the operator of any motor vehicle involved in such accident to furnish proof that the vehicle he was operating at the time of such accident was either (i) an insured motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-705 or (ii) a vehicle for which the fee required by § 46.2-706 for registration of an uninsured vehicle had been paid as to that vehicle. Failure to furnish proof of insurance or payment of the uninsured vehicle registration fee when required by a law-enforcement officer as provided in this section within thirty days shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor.