{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-2096","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-2096","heading":"Certificates required unless exempted","body":"Unless otherwise exempted, no person shall engage in the business of a contract passenger carrier by motor vehicle on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis unless such person has secured from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such business.2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.","path":["Title 46.2. MOTOR VEHICLES","Subtitle V. MOTOR CARRIERS","Chapter 20. REGULATION OF PASSENGER CARRIERS","Article 7. CONTRACT PASSENGER CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-2096/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"cea99fcf7ef9f4978bb2f54ea72849be4beafa1e26a17ae6284b602231905deb","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-2095","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-2097"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}