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46.2-1550.2, the Department may develop and implement procedures and requirements necessary for delivery of temporary transport license plates to dealers and issuance of temporary transport license plates by dealers to vehicle owners, using print-on-demand technology.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":260846,"text":"In the event the Department implements a print-on-demand temporary license plate program pursuant to this section, all dealers licensed on or after the effective date of the program shall be required to purchase and issue only print-on-demand temporary license plates.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":260847,"text":"The Commissioner shall not impose a requirement relating to the minimum number of sets of temporary plates that must be purchased by a dealer pursuant to a print-on-demand temporary license plate program implemented under this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":260848,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in this section, temporary license plates delivered and issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to all conditions and limitations set forth in this article.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Dealer's License Plates","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13356,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:03","permalink":{"id":231379,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14806,"identifier":"5","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13356,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle Dealers","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13355,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":231067,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13356,"identifier":"15","token":"46.2\/IV\/15","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13355,"edition_id":1,"name":"Dealers and Driver Training Schools","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":231065,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13355,"identifier":"IV","token":"46.2\/IV","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/","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":60822,"structure_id":14806,"section_number":"46.2-1545.1","catch_line":"Watercraft trailer dealers and watercraft trailers","url":"\/46.2-1545.1\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1545.1","metadata":false},{"id":82643,"structure_id":14806,"section_number":"46.2-1545.2","catch_line":"Exclusion of transit buses, all-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles","url":"\/46.2-1545.2\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1545.2","metadata":false},{"id":75245,"structure_id":14806,"section_number":"46.2-1546","catch_line":"Registration of dealers; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0786\">786<\/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":61332,"section_number":"46.2-1550.2","catch_line":"Issuance and use of temporary transport plates, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1550.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72427,"identifier":"46.2-1550.3","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1550.3","url":"\/46.2-1550.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1550.3\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1550.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative print-on-demand program for issuance of temporary transport license plates to dealers and vehicle owners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1550.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance and use of temporary transport plates, generally\" href=\"\/46.2-1550.2\/\">46.2-1550.2<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may develop and implement procedures and requirements necessary for delivery of temporary transport <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">dealers<\/span> and issuance of temporary transport <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> by <span class=\"dictionary\">dealers<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">owners<\/span>, using print-on-demand technology. <a id=\"paragraph-260845\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1550.3\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> In the event the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> implements a print-on-demand temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> program pursuant to this section, all <span class=\"dictionary\">dealers<\/span> licensed on or after the effective date of the program shall be required to purchase and <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> only print-on-demand temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-260846\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1550.3\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall not impose a requirement relating to the minimum number of sets of temporary plates that must be purchased by a <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> pursuant to a print-on-demand temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> program implemented under this section. <a id=\"paragraph-260847\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1550.3\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this section, temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> delivered and issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to all conditions and limitations set forth in this article. <a id=\"paragraph-260848\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1550.3\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE PRINT-ON-DEMAND PROGRAM FOR ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY TRANSPORT LICENSE\nPLATES TO DEALERS AND VEHICLE OWNERS (\u00a7 46.2-1550.3)\n\nA. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 46.2-1550.2, the Department may\ndevelop and implement procedures and requirements necessary for delivery of\ntemporary transport license plates to dealers and issuance of temporary\ntransport license plates by dealers to vehicle owners, using print-on-demand\ntechnology.\n\nB. In the event the Department implements a print-on-demand temporary license\nplate program pursuant to this section, all dealers licensed on or after the\neffective date of the program shall be required to purchase and issue only\nprint-on-demand temporary license plates.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall not impose a requirement relating to the minimum\nnumber of sets of temporary plates that must be purchased by a dealer pursuant\nto a print-on-demand temporary license plate program implemented under this\nsection.\n\nD. Except as otherwise provided in this section, temporary license plates\ndelivered and issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to all conditions\nand limitations set forth in this article.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 786.","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}}