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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 2 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0767\">767<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0816\">816<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73069,"section_number":"46.2-1548","catch_line":"Transferable license plates","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1548\/"},{"id":74422,"section_number":"46.2-1554","catch_line":"Movement by manufacturer to place of shipment or delivery","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1554\/"},{"id":87244,"section_number":"46.2-1555","catch_line":"Movement by dealers to salesrooms","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1555\/"},{"id":67466,"section_number":"46.2-711","catch_line":"Furnishing number and design of plates; displaying on vehicles required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-711\/"},{"id":86669,"section_number":"46.2-733","catch_line":"License plates for persons delivering unladen vehicles; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-733\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56634,"identifier":"46.2-1553","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1553","url":"\/46.2-1553\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1553\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1553","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation without license plate prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1553","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">manufacturer<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> of or <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> in <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span> shall cause or permit any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> owned by him to be operated or moved on a public <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> without there being displayed on the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or plates issued to him, either under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Furnishing number and design of plates; displaying on vehicles required\" href=\"\/46.2-711\/\">46.2-711<\/a> or under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Transferable license plates\" href=\"\/46.2-1548\/\">46.2-1548<\/a>, except as otherwise authorized in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"License plates for persons delivering unladen vehicles; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-733\/\">46.2-733<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Movement by manufacturer to place of shipment or delivery\" href=\"\/46.2-1554\/\">46.2-1554<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Movement by dealers to salesrooms\" href=\"\/46.2-1555\/\">46.2-1555<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE PROHIBITED (\u00a7 46.2-1553)\n\nNo manufacturer or distributor of or dealer in motor vehicles shall cause or\npermit any motor vehicle owned by him to be operated or moved on a public\nhighway without there being displayed on the motor vehicle a license plate or\nplates issued to him, either under \u00a7 46.2-711 or under \u00a7 46.2-1548, except as\notherwise authorized in \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-733, 46.2-1554 and 46.2-1555.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:11; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816.","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}}