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When the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the identification number, the fee for the issuance of such identification number shall be five dollars. If any inspection under this provision is done at the same time as an inspection under \u00a7 46.2-1605, then only one $125 fee shall be charged for both inspections. All fees collected under this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the vehicle identification number and salvage vehicle inspection program.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":251434,"text":"The Commissioner may charge a fee of $125 per vehicle, for the examination, verification, or identification of the serial or identification number of any vehicle, motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. The Commissioner may also receive applications for the issuance of an identification number and investigate the circumstances of the application. When the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the identification number, the fee for the issuance of such identification number shall be five dollars. If any inspection under this provision is done at the same time as an inspection under \u00a7 46.2-1605, then only one $125 fee shall be charged for both inspections. All fees collected under this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the vehicle identification number and salvage vehicle inspection program.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13067,"edition_id":1,"name":"Miscellaneous Equipment","identifier":"10","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12828,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:13","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:13","permalink":{"id":228627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13067,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12828,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228599,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12828,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":71538,"structure_id":13067,"section_number":"46.2-1072","catch_line":"Operation of vehicle without serial or identification number; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0096\">96<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0615\">615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56078,"section_number":"46.2-1605","catch_line":"Vehicles rebuilt for highway use; examinations; branding of titles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1605\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69545,"identifier":"46.2-1072.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1072.1","url":"\/46.2-1072.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1072.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1072.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1072.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may charge a fee of $125 per vehicle, for the examination, verification, or identification of the serial or identification number of any vehicle, <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trailer<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">semitrailer<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may also receive applications for the issuance of an identification number and investigate the circumstances of the application. When the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the identification number, the fee for the issuance of such identification number shall be five dollars. If any inspection under this provision is done at the same time as an inspection under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Vehicles rebuilt for highway use; examinations; branding of titles\" href=\"\/46.2-1605\/\">46.2-1605<\/a>, then only one $125 fee shall be charged for both inspections. All fees collected under this section shall be paid by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the vehicle identification number and salvage vehicle inspection program.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEES (\u00a7 46.2-1072.1)\n\nThe Commissioner may charge a fee of $125 per vehicle, for the examination,\nverification, or identification of the serial or identification number of any\nvehicle, motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. The Commissioner may also\nreceive applications for the issuance of an identification number and\ninvestigate the circumstances of the application. When the Commissioner is\nsatisfied that the applicant is entitled to the identification number, the fee\nfor the issuance of such identification number shall be five dollars. If any\ninspection under this provision is done at the same time as an inspection under\n\u00a7 46.2-1605, then only one $125 fee shall be charged for both inspections. All\nfees collected under this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the\nstate treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses\nof the vehicle identification number and salvage vehicle inspection program.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 96; 2006, c. 615.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}