Code of Virginia - Title 46.2 Motor Vehicles - Section 46.2-314 Mental incapacity

§ 46.2-314. Mental incapacity

No driver's license shall be issued to any applicant who has previously been adjudged incapacitated and who has not, at the time of such application, been (i) adjudged restored to capacity by judicial decree or (ii) released from a hospital for the mentally ill on a certificate of the superintendent of the hospital that the person is capable. In either case, no driver's license shall be issued to him unless the Department is satisfied that he is competent to drive a motor vehicle with safety to persons and property.

(Code 1950, § 46-356; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-360; 1976, c. 368; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 801.)

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