11 Va. Admin. Code § 10-20-230
An owner's or operator's license becomes effective upon the receipt by the commission of a certified check or bank draft to the order of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the amount of license fees and is suspended if the license fee is not received on or before the specified dates:
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Derived from VR662-01-02 § 2.22, Virginia Register Volume 6, Issue 10, eff. March 14, 1990.