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Such license plate shall be subject to all provisions of this article.B\n\nThe fee for any combination license plate issued pursuant to this section shall be the sum of the fee for the applicable special license plate and the fee for the applicable dealer’s license plate. Such fee shall be disbursed in the manner required for special license plates and for dealer’s license plates, as if two such plates had been issued separately.C\n\nThe Commissioner may issue multiple combination license plates to a single licensed dealer in a manner the Commissioner determines is feasible.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242804,"text":"The Commissioner may issue, upon request of a licensed dealer and when the Commissioner determines that such issuance is feasible, a license plate that is a combination of (i) one series of special license plate authorized pursuant to Article 10 (§ 46.2-725 et seq.) of Chapter 6 and currently issued by the Department and (ii) one type of dealer’s license plate authorized pursuant to this article. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 60<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84873,"section_number":"46.2-725","catch_line":"Special license plates, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-725\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66981,"identifier":"46.2-1549.2","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1549.2","url":"\/46.2-1549.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1549.2\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1549.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special license plate combination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1549.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may issue<\/span>, upon request of a licensed dealer<\/span> and when the Commissioner<\/span> determines that such issuance is feasible, a license plate<\/span> that is a combination of (i) one series of special license plate<\/span> authorized pursuant to Article 10 (§ 46.2-725<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 and currently issued by the Department<\/span> and (ii) one type of dealer<\/span>’s license plate<\/span> authorized pursuant to this article. Such license plate<\/span> shall be subject to all provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The fee for any combination license plate<\/span> issued pursuant to this section shall be the sum of the fee for the applicable special license plate<\/span> and the fee for the applicable dealer<\/span>’s license plate<\/span>. Such fee shall be disbursed in the manner required for special license plates<\/span> and for dealer<\/span>’s license plates<\/span>, as if two such plates had been issued separately. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may issue<\/span> multiple combination license plates<\/span> to a single licensed dealer<\/span> in a manner the Commissioner<\/span> determines is feasible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL LICENSE PLATE COMBINATION (\u00a7 46.2-1549.2)\n\nA. The Commissioner may issue, upon request of a licensed dealer and when the\nCommissioner determines that such issuance is feasible, a license plate that is\na combination of (i) one series of special license plate authorized pursuant to\nArticle 10 (§ 46.2-725 et seq.) of Chapter 6 and currently issued by the\nDepartment and (ii) one type of dealer’s license plate authorized pursuant\nto this article. Such license plate shall be subject to all provisions of this\narticle.\n\nB. The fee for any combination license plate issued pursuant to this section\nshall be the sum of the fee for the applicable special license plate and the fee\nfor the applicable dealer’s license plate. Such fee shall be disbursed in\nthe manner required for special license plates and for dealer’s license\nplates, as if two such plates had been issued separately.\n\nC. The Commissioner may issue multiple combination license plates to a single\nlicensed dealer in a manner the Commissioner determines is feasible.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 60.","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}}