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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":232327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76740,"identifier":"46.2-2064","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2064","url":"\/46.2-2064\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2064\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2064","dublin_core":{"Title":"When local license may not be required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2064","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No such county, city or town shall require a license<\/span> or impose a license<\/span> tax for the operation<\/span> of any such motor vehicle<\/span> for which a similar license<\/span> is imposed or tax levied by the county, city or town of which the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of the motor vehicle<\/span> is a resident, except that such license<\/span> may be required and such license<\/span> tax imposed by any such county, city, or town for the operation<\/span> of any such motor vehicle<\/span> if the owner<\/span>, lessee, or operator<\/span> thereof maintains a taxicab stand or otherwise solicits business within such county, city, or town; nor, except as herein expressly authorized, shall more than one county, city or town impose any such license<\/span> fee or tax on the same vehicle. This article shall not be construed to apply to common carriers<\/span> of persons<\/span> operating as public carriers by authority of the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles<\/span> or under a franchise granted by any county, city, or town.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN LOCAL LICENSE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED (\u00a7 46.2-2064)\n\nNo such county, city or town shall require a license or impose a license tax for\nthe operation of any such motor vehicle for which a similar license is imposed\nor tax levied by the county, city or town of which the owner or operator of the\nmotor vehicle is a resident, except that such license may be required and such\nlicense tax imposed by any such county, city, or town for the operation of any\nsuch motor vehicle if the owner, lessee, or operator thereof maintains a taxicab\nstand or otherwise solicits business within such county, city, or town; nor,\nexcept as herein expressly authorized, shall more than one county, city or town\nimpose any such license fee or tax on the same vehicle. This article shall not\nbe construed to apply to common carriers of persons operating as public carriers\nby authority of the Department of Motor Vehicles or under a franchise granted by\nany county, city, or town.\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}}