Virginia legal term
Commissioner in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Commissioner” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Commissioner” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth. (Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-100)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Penalty for violation of §§ 46.2-895 through 46.2-897
- Carrying weapon into courthouse
- Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked
- Escape of persons placed or committed
- Failure of clerk to give notice of appointment of special commissioner to collect purchase money or rent
- Giving bribes to, or receiving bribes by, commissioners, jurors, etc
- Misrepresentations as to agricultural products
- Penalties for false certificate or failure to give bond
- Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by persons acquitted by reason of insanity
- Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated
- Sale, etc., of plastic bags
- Refusal of tests
Related terms in the same statutes
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