CHAPTER 586

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-436 of the Code of 1950, re-
lating to when proof of financial responsibility required.
[H 478]

Approved April 11, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-436 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46-436. When security for damages and proof of financial
responsibility required after certain accidents.—Not less than thirty
or more than ninety days after receipt by him of the report or
notice of an accident which has resulted in bodily injury or death,
or in damage to the property of any person to the extent of
fifty dollars or more, the Commissioner shall forthwith suspend
the operating license and all registration certificates and plates of
any person operating any motor vehicle in any manner involved
in the accident unless or until the operator or chauffeur has pre-
viously furnished or immediately furnishes security, sufficient in
the judgment of the Commissioner, to satisfy any judgment or
judgments for damages resulting from the accident as may be re-
covered against the operator or chauffeur by or on behalf of any
person aggrieved or his legal representative, and unless and until
the operator or chauffeur shall immediately furnish and thereafter
maintain proof of financial responsibility in the future; provided
that the Commissioner shall dispense with the foregoing require-
ments on the part of any operator or chauffeur whom he finds to
be free from any blame for such accident, and it shall be his duty
to make a finding of fact when so requested by any person affected
and for this purpose he shall consider the report of the investigat-
ing officer, if any, the accident reports and any affidavits of persons
having knowledge of the facts. Provided further that the Commis-
sioner shall not apply the provisions of this section against a resi-
dent of this State involved in an accident with a nonresident of
this State when the damage is less than three hundred dollars
ercept upon the acritten request of any party in interest.