Public liability insurance required.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 29-57
in effectSec. 29-57. - Public liability insurance required.
No owner shall be permitted to operate a taxicab or taxicab service within the City unless and until such owner shall have secured and deposited with the Chief of Police a certificate of insurance against public liability and property damage for each such vehicle so operated within the City, issued by a solvent insurance company licensed and duly authorized to execute such policy within the Commonwealth and to carry on business within the Commonwealth. Such certificate of insurance shall be issued to such owner on each taxicab owned or operated by such owner within the City and shall provide for the payment of any final judgment, not to exceed the sum of $100,000.00 for injury or death to any one person, the sum of $500,000.00 for total public liability for any one accident, the sum of $50,000.00 property damage in any accident and the sum of $10,000.00 for cargo liability, which may be rendered against such insured for or on account of damage to property for which such owner and drivers may be liable while operating or permitting to be operated such taxicab within the City or by reason of or growing out of the careless or negligent operation of such vehicle by such insured or an agent, drivers or employees within the City. Such certificate of insurance shall contain a clause obligating the company issuing the insurance to give ten days' written notice to the Chief of Police before cancellation thereof.
(Code 1993, § 30-40; Code 2004, § 110-61; Code 2015, § 29-58; Code 2020, § 29-57)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH29VEHI_ARTIITA_DIV1GE_S29-57PULIINREFetched: 11/8/2026