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The governing body of the county, city, or town may by ordinance provide for levying and collecting the tax and may impose penalties for violations of the ordinance and for operating any such vehicle without obtaining the required license. Any person accepting a license issued under authority of this section and operating a taxicab business based in a county, city or town shall be subject to the provision that any complaint relating to taxicab service in the Commonwealth shall be resolved under the license regulations of the county, city, or town from which that person obtained a taxicab license.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288880,"text":"The governing body of any county, city, or town may require a license for and impose upon and collect a license tax from every person, firm, association, or corporation that operates or intends to operate in such county, city, or town any taxicab or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for a consideration. 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Any person accepting a license issued under authority of this section and operating a taxicab business based in a county, city or town shall be subject to the provision that any complaint relating to taxicab service in the Commonwealth shall be resolved under the license regulations of the county, city, or town from which that person obtained a taxicab license.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14863,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxicabs","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13319,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:27","permalink":{"id":232301,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14863,"identifier":"3","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13319,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Passenger Carriers","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13318,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13319,"identifier":"20","token":"46.2\/V\/20","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13318,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Carriers","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231965,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13318,"identifier":"V","token":"46.2\/V","url":"\/46.2\/V\/","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":80201,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2059","catch_line":"Permit required for taxicab service","url":"\/46.2-2059\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2059","metadata":false},{"id":64492,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2059.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2059.1\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2059.1","metadata":false},{"id":57954,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2060","catch_line":"Limitations on advertising","url":"\/46.2-2060\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2060","metadata":false},{"id":82475,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2061","catch_line":"Article does not make taxicab operators common carriers","url":"\/46.2-2061\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2061","metadata":false},{"id":78809,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2062","catch_line":"Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges","url":"\/46.2-2062\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2062","metadata":false},{"id":80596,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2063","catch_line":"Locality license and payment of locality license tax may be required","url":"\/46.2-2063\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2063","metadata":false},{"id":76740,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2064","catch_line":"When local license may not be required","url":"\/46.2-2064\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2064","metadata":false},{"id":56791,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2065","catch_line":"Local regulation of qualifications of operators; stands","url":"\/46.2-2065\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2065","metadata":false},{"id":85149,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2066","catch_line":"Penalty for violation of provisions of article or regulations","url":"\/46.2-2066\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2066","metadata":false},{"id":86641,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2067","catch_line":"Local regulation of number of taxicabs","url":"\/46.2-2067\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2067","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":78809,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2062","catch_line":"Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges","url":"\/46.2-2062\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2062","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":76740,"structure_id":14863,"section_number":"46.2-2064","catch_line":"When local license may not be required","url":"\/46.2-2064\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2064","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-2063\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":232323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80596,"identifier":"46.2-2063","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2063","url":"\/46.2-2063\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2063\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2063","dublin_core":{"Title":"Locality license and payment of locality license tax may be required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2063","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town may require a license<\/span> for and impose upon and collect a license<\/span> tax from every person<\/span>, firm, association, or corporation that operates or intends to operate in such county, city, or town any taxicab or other motor vehicle<\/span> for the transportation of passengers for a consideration. The tax may be upon each such motor vehicle<\/span> so operated. The governing body<\/span> of the county, city, or town may by ordinance<\/span> provide for levying and collecting the tax and may impose penalties for violations of the ordinance<\/span> and for operating any such vehicle without obtaining the required license<\/span>. Any person<\/span> accepting a license<\/span> issued under authority of this section and operating a taxicab business based in a county, city or town shall be subject to the provision that any complaint relating to taxicab service in the Commonwealth shall be resolved under the license<\/span> regulations of the county, city, or town from which that person<\/span> obtained a taxicab license<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITY LICENSE AND PAYMENT OF LOCALITY LICENSE TAX MAY BE REQUIRED (\u00a7\n46.2-2063)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city, or town may require a license for and\nimpose upon and collect a license tax from every person, firm, association, or\ncorporation that operates or intends to operate in such county, city, or town\nany taxicab or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for a\nconsideration. The tax may be upon each such motor vehicle so operated. The\ngoverning body of the county, city, or town may by ordinance provide for levying\nand collecting the tax and may impose penalties for violations of the ordinance\nand for operating any such vehicle without obtaining the required license. Any\nperson accepting a license issued under authority of this section and operating\na taxicab business based in a county, city or town shall be subject to the\nprovision that any complaint relating to taxicab service in the Commonwealth\nshall be resolved under the license regulations of the county, city, or town\nfrom which that person obtained a taxicab license.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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}}