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All fees collected under this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle dealer licensed by the Board may be authorized to act as an agent of the Department for the purpose of receiving, processing, and approving applications from its customers for assignment of license plates and registration numbers pursuant to this section, using the forms and following the procedures prescribed by the Department. The Commissioner, on determining that the provisions of this section or the directions of the Department are not being complied with by a dealer, may suspend, after a hearing, the authority of the dealer to receive, process, and approve the assignment of license plates and registration numbers pursuant to this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers and watercraft trailer dealers.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239375,"text":"An owner who sells or transfers a registered motor vehicle may have the license plates and the registration number transferred to another vehicle titled in the owner’s name according to the provisions of Chapter 6 (\u00a7 46.2-600 et seq.), which is in a like vehicle category as specified in \u00a7 46.2-694 and requires an identical registration fee, on application to the Department accompanied by a fee of $2 or, if the other vehicle requires a greater registration fee than that for which the license plates were assigned, on the payment of a fee of $2 and the amount of the difference in registration fees between the two vehicles, all such transfers to be in accordance with the regulations of the Department. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87484,"section_number":"46.2-600","catch_line":"Owner to secure registration and certificate of title or certificate of ownership","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-600\/"},{"id":76988,"section_number":"46.2-694","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-694\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65866,"identifier":"46.2-1543","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1543","url":"\/46.2-1543\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1543\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1543","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of old license plates and registration number on another vehicle","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1543","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An owner<\/span> who sells or transfers a registered motor vehicle may have the license plates<\/span> and the registration number transferred to another vehicle titled in the owner<\/span>’s name according to the provisions of Chapter 6 (\u00a7 46.2-600<\/a> et seq.), which is in a like vehicle category as specified in \u00a7 46.2-694<\/a> and requires an identical registration fee, on application to the Department<\/span> accompanied by a fee of $2 or, if the other vehicle requires a greater registration fee than that for which the license plates<\/span> were assigned, on the payment of a fee of $2 and the amount of the difference in registration fees between the two vehicles<\/span>, all such transfers to be in accordance with the regulations of the Department<\/span>. All fees collected under this section shall be paid by the Commissioner<\/span> into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund<\/span> to be used<\/span> to meet the expenses of the Department<\/span>. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle dealer<\/span> licensed by the Board<\/span> may be authorized to act as an agent<\/span> of the Department<\/span> for the purpose of receiving, processing, and approving applications from its customers for assignment of license plates<\/span> and registration numbers pursuant to this section, using the forms and following the procedures prescribed by the Department<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span>, on determining that the provisions of this section or the directions of the Department<\/span> are not being complied with by a dealer, may suspend<\/span>, after a hearing<\/span>, the authority of the dealer to receive, process, and approve the assignment of license plates<\/span> and registration numbers pursuant to this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers<\/span> and watercraft trailer dealers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF OLD LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION NUMBER ON ANOTHER VEHICLE (\u00a7\n46.2-1543)\n\nAn owner who sells or transfers a registered motor vehicle may have the license\nplates and the registration number transferred to another vehicle titled in the\nowner’s name according to the provisions of Chapter 6 (\u00a7 46.2-600 et\nseq.), which is in a like vehicle category as specified in \u00a7 46.2-694 and\nrequires an identical registration fee, on application to the Department\naccompanied by a fee of $2 or, if the other vehicle requires a greater\nregistration fee than that for which the license plates were assigned, on the\npayment of a fee of $2 and the amount of the difference in registration fees\nbetween the two vehicles, all such transfers to be in accordance with the\nregulations of the Department. All fees collected under this section shall be\npaid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a\nspecial fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department. For purposes of\nthis section, a motor vehicle dealer licensed by the Board may be authorized to\nact as an agent of the Department for the purpose of receiving, processing, and\napproving applications from its customers for assignment of license plates and\nregistration numbers pursuant to this section, using the forms and following the\nprocedures prescribed by the Department. The Commissioner, on determining that\nthe provisions of this section or the directions of the Department are not being\ncomplied with by a dealer, may suspend, after a hearing, the authority of the\ndealer to receive, process, and approve the assignment of license plates and\nregistration numbers pursuant to this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers and\nwatercraft trailer dealers.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:1.1; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816;\n2015, 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}}