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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 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 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75971,"section_number":"15.2-973","catch_line":"Ordinances imposing license taxes on owners of certain motor vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-973\/"},{"id":56634,"section_number":"46.2-1553","catch_line":"Operation without license plate prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1553\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74422,"identifier":"46.2-1554","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1554","url":"\/46.2-1554\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1554\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1554","dublin_core":{"Title":"Movement by manufacturer to place of shipment or delivery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1554","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any manufacturer<\/span> of motor vehicles<\/span> may operate or move or cause to be moved or operated on the highways<\/span><\/span> for a distance of no more than twenty-five miles motor vehicles<\/span> from the factory where manufactured or assembled to a railway depot, vessel, or place of shipment or delivery, without registering them and without license plates<\/span> attached thereto, under a written permit first obtained from the local law<\/span>-enforcement authorities having jurisdiction<\/span> over the highways<\/span><\/span> and on displaying in plain sight on each motor vehicle<\/span> a placard bearing the name and address of the manufacturer<\/span> authorizing or directing the movement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMOVEMENT BY MANUFACTURER TO PLACE OF SHIPMENT OR DELIVERY (\u00a7 46.2-1554)\n\nAny manufacturer of motor vehicles may operate or move or cause to be moved or\noperated on the highways for a distance of no more than twenty-five miles motor\nvehicles from the factory where manufactured or assembled to a railway depot,\nvessel, or place of shipment or delivery, without registering them and without\nlicense plates attached thereto, under a written permit first obtained from the\nlocal law-enforcement authorities having jurisdiction over the highways and on\ndisplaying in plain sight on each motor vehicle a placard bearing the name and\naddress of the manufacturer authorizing or directing the movement.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:12; 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}}