A nonresident who has not been issued an escort vehicle driver certificate in his home state but who has in his immediate possession a valid driver’s license issued by his home state may be certified through Virginia’s Escort Vehicle Driver Certification Program. Such nonresident must meet all escort vehicle driver certification eligibility, training, and testing requirements of this chapter.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-2908

  • Escort vehicle driver certificate: means a credential issued under the laws of the Commonwealth or other state authorizing the holder to escort a permitted vehicle or vehicles. See Virginia Code 46.2-2900
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Vehicle: means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Virginia Code 46.2-100

A nonresident who has in his immediate possession a valid driver’s license and valid escort vehicle driver certificate issued to him by his home state, to which state’s escort vehicle driver certification program the Commonwealth has not extended reciprocity, may be certified through Virginia’s Escort Vehicle Driver Certification Program. Such nonresident must meet all escort vehicle driver certification eligibility, training, and testing requirements of this chapter.

2013, cc. 312, 477.