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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">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. It has been modified 3 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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0322\">322<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0208\">208<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0790\">790<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0815\">815<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60957,"section_number":"58.1-2700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62672,"identifier":"46.2-2121","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2121","url":"\/46.2-2121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2121\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicle fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who operates a property-carrying <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> for compensation over the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> of the Commonwealth shall be required to pay an annual fee of $10 for each such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> so operated, unless (i) such operation is exempted from this chapter; (ii) the property-carrying <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> is a <span class=\"dictionary\">passenger car<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">autocycle<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">moped<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> with a gross <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; (iii) a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> identification marker fee has been paid to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> as to such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> for the current year under the provisions of Chapter 27 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-2700\/\">58.1-2700<\/a> et seq.) of Title 58.1; or (iv) a fee has been paid for the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> through the unified carrier registration system established pursuant to 49 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;14504a and the regulations promulgated thereunder for carriers registered pursuant to those provisions. No more than one <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> fee shall be charged or paid as to any <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> in any one year under Chapter 27 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-2700\/\">58.1-2700<\/a> et seq.) of Title 58.1 and this chapter, including payments made pursuant to the unified carrier registration system.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLE FEES (\u00a7 46.2-2121)\n\nEvery person who operates a property-carrying vehicle for compensation over the\nhighways of the Commonwealth shall be required to pay an annual fee of $10 for\neach such vehicle so operated, unless (i) such operation is exempted from this\nchapter; (ii) the property-carrying vehicle is a passenger car, motorcycle,\nautocycle, moped, or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds\nor less; (iii) a vehicle identification marker fee has been paid to the\nDepartment as to such vehicle for the current year under the provisions of\nChapter 27 (\u00a7 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1; or (iv) a fee has been paid for\nthe vehicle through the unified carrier registration system established pursuant\nto 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 14504a and the regulations promulgated thereunder for carriers\nregistered pursuant to those provisions. No more than one vehicle fee shall be\ncharged or paid as to any vehicle in any one year under Chapter 27 (\u00a7 58.1-2700\net seq.) of Title 58.1 and this chapter, including payments made pursuant to the\nunified carrier registration system.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 322; 2006, c. 208; 2017, cc. 790, 815.","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}}