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A.<\/span> Any person who knowingly provides to another person, without sale or exchange of consideration, any valid, altered, or counterfeit disabled parking license plate<\/span>, DV disabled parking license plate<\/span> which has been issued under subsection B of § 46.2-739<\/a>, permanent removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or organizational removable windshield placard, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The local governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town may by ordinance<\/span> incorporate this provision by reference. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVIDING A DISABLED PARKING LICENSE PLATE OR PLACARD; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-1253)\n\nA. Any person who knowingly provides to another person, without sale or exchange\nof consideration, any valid, altered, or counterfeit disabled parking license\nplate, DV disabled parking license plate which has been issued under subsection\nB of § 46.2-739, permanent removable windshield placard, temporary\nremovable windshield placard, or organizational removable windshield placard,\nshall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nB. The local governing body of any county, city, or town may by ordinance\nincorporate this provision by reference.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 783, 904.","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}}