§ 46.2-205. Department offices and agencies.

The Commissioner shall maintain his office in the Commonwealth at a location that he determines to be appropriate. He may appoint agents and maintain branch offices in the Commonwealth in whatever locations he determines to be necessary to carry out this title.

The personnel of each branch office and each agency shall be appointed by the Commissioner and shall be bonded in an amount fixed by the Commissioner. The person in charge of the branch office and each agency shall deposit daily in the local bank, or at such other intervals as may be designated by the Commissioner, to the account of the State Treasurer, all moneys collected, and shall submit daily to the Commissioner, or at such other intervals as may be designated by the Commissioner, a complete record of what each deposit is intended to cover. The Commissioner shall not be held liable in the event of the loss of any moneys collected by such agents resulting from their failure to deposit such money to the account of the State Treasurer.

The compensation of the personnel of each branch office and each agency is to be fixed by the Commissioner. The compensation fixed for each non-automated agency for the purpose of maintaining adequate annual service to the public shall be three and one-half percent of the first $500,000 of gross collections made by the agency, two percent of the next $500,000 of gross collections made by the agency, and one percent of all gross collections in excess of $1,000,000 made by the agency during each fiscal year.

The compensation fixed for each automated agency for the purpose of maintaining adequate annual service to the public shall be three and one-half percent of gross collections made by the agency during each fiscal year.

The compensation awarded shall belong to the agents for their services under this section, and the Commissioner shall cause to be paid all freight, cartage, premium on bond and postage, but not any extra clerk hire or other expenses occasioned by their duties.

(Code 1950, §§ 46-29, 46-31; 1950, p. 299; 1954, c. 585; 1958, c. 541, §§ 46.1-28, 46.1-30; 1970, c. 754; 1972, c. 408, 609; 1974, c. 48; 1979, c. 20; 1989, c. 727; 1999, c. 308; 2002, c. 110.)

Transactions Processed by License Agents

November 27, 2002

Titles

• Original (with or without liens)
• Substitute
• Replacement
• Title maintenance (change information on title records)

Registrations

• Originals
• Renewals (including fleets)
• Transfer
• Re-issue
• Surrender

License Plates

• Request special plates
• Request personalized plates

Permits

• Trip permit
• Overload Permit

Handicapped Parking Placards

• Original handicapped parking placards

Voter Registration

• Accept voter registration applications

Transcript Request

• Driver Transcript requests

Name and address changes that do not involve issuance of a driver license or ID card

Dealer work

• Title and registration transactions

Return Checks

• Full or partial payment