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Every applicant for registration or renewal of registration shall indicate on his application the color that best describes the predominant color of the vehicle. In so doing, the applicant shall select a color from a list of standard, primary colors, developed by the Commissioner. Such color information shall be maintained in the Department’s records and made available to law-enforcement agencies for their official use and may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, be indicated on the registration card and the certificate of title.\n\t\tWhenever disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 to the parent or legal guardian of a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk or that creates a concern for his safety while walking, the registration card for such vehicle shall so note.\n\t\tWhenever (i) disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 or DV disabled parking license plates are issued under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-739 and (ii) the vehicle for which such license plates are issued is registered in the name of more than one owner, the registration card for such vehicle shall include a notation indicating which owner or owners of the vehicle is a “person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk” as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1240. However, no vehicle owned and used by an organization for the transportation of disabled persons shall be subject to the notation requirement imposed by this paragraph.\n\t\tThe registration card shall contain forms for providing notice to the Department of a transfer of the ownership of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. Whenever a Virginia-registered motor vehicle is sold or its ownership otherwise transferred, the seller or transferor shall notify the Department of the sale or transfer by completing the appropriate portion of the registration card. Section 46.2-113 shall not apply to failures to provide such notification.\n\t\tThe certificate of title shall contain a statement of the owner’s title and of all liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer described in the certificate and whether possession is held by the owner under a lease, contract, or conditional sale or other like agreement. The certificate of title shall also contain forms of assignment of title or interest and warranty of title with space for notation of liens and encumbrances on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer at the time of a transfer.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":233041,"text":"The registration card and the certificate of title shall each contain the date issued, the registration number assigned to the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, the name and address of the owner, a description of the registered motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, and other statement of facts as may be determined by the Department. Every applicant for registration or renewal of registration shall indicate on his application the color that best describes the predominant color of the vehicle. In so doing, the applicant shall select a color from a list of standard, primary colors, developed by the Commissioner. Such color information shall be maintained in the Department’s records and made available to law-enforcement agencies for their official use and may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, be indicated on the registration card and the certificate of title.\n\t\tWhenever disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 to the parent or legal guardian of a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk or that creates a concern for his safety while walking, the registration card for such vehicle shall so note.\n\t\tWhenever (i) disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 or DV disabled parking license plates are issued under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-739 and (ii) the vehicle for which such license plates are issued is registered in the name of more than one owner, the registration card for such vehicle shall include a notation indicating which owner or owners of the vehicle is a “person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk” as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1240. However, no vehicle owned and used by an organization for the transportation of disabled persons shall be subject to the notation requirement imposed by this paragraph.\n\t\tThe registration card shall contain forms for providing notice to the Department of a transfer of the ownership of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. Whenever a Virginia-registered motor vehicle is sold or its ownership otherwise transferred, the seller or transferor shall notify the Department of the sale or transfer by completing the appropriate portion of the registration card. Section 46.2-113 shall not apply to failures to provide such notification.\n\t\tThe certificate of title shall contain a statement of the owner’s title and of all liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer described in the certificate and whether possession is held by the owner under a lease, contract, or conditional sale or other like agreement. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1988, chapter 363; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1990, chapter 79; in 1998, chapters 285<\/a> and 302<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 667<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 692<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63283,"section_number":"46.2-1200.1","catch_line":"Abandoning motor vehicles prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1200.1\/"},{"id":78988,"section_number":"58.1-3912","catch_line":"Local tax officials to mail certain tax documents to taxpayers; penalties; electronic transmission","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3912\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56620,"section_number":"46.2-113","catch_line":"Violations of this title; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-113\/"},{"id":60107,"section_number":"46.2-1240","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1240\/"},{"id":81653,"section_number":"46.2-731","catch_line":"Disabled parking license plates; owners of vehicles specially equipped and used to transport persons with disabilities; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-731\/"},{"id":75883,"section_number":"46.2-739","catch_line":"Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-739\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63997,"identifier":"46.2-604","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-604","url":"\/46.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-604\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contents of registration card and certificate; vehicle color data; notation of certain disabled owners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The registration card and the certificate of title shall each contain the date issued, the registration number assigned to the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span>, the name and address of the owner<\/span>, a description of the registered motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span>, and other statement of facts<\/span> as may be determined by the Department<\/span>. Every applicant for registration or renewal of registration shall indicate on his application the color that best describes the predominant color of the vehicle. In so doing, the applicant shall select a color from a list of standard, primary colors, developed by the Commissioner<\/span>. Such color information shall be maintained in the Department<\/span>’s records and made available to law<\/span>-enforcement agencies for their official use and may, in the discretion of the Commissioner<\/span>, be indicated on the registration card and the certificate of title.\n\t\tWhenever disabled parking license plates<\/span> are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731<\/a> to the parent or legal guardian of a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk<\/span> or that creates a concern for his safety while walking, the registration card for such vehicle shall so note.\n\t\tWhenever (i) disabled parking license plates<\/span> are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731<\/a> or DV disabled parking license plates<\/span> are issued under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-739<\/a> and (ii) the vehicle for which such license plates are issued is registered in the name of more than one owner<\/span>, the registration card for such vehicle shall include a notation indicating which owner<\/span> or owners<\/span> of the vehicle is a “person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk<\/span>” as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1240<\/a>. However, no vehicle owned and used by an organization for the transportation of disabled persons shall be subject to the notation requirement imposed by this paragraph.\n\t\tThe registration card shall contain forms for providing notice to the Department<\/span> of a transfer of the ownership of the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span>. Whenever a Virginia-registered motor vehicle<\/span> is sold or its ownership otherwise transferred, the seller or transferor shall notify the Department<\/span> of the sale or transfer by completing the appropriate portion of the registration card. Section 46.2-113<\/a> shall not apply to failures to provide such notification.\n\t\tThe certificate of title shall contain a statement of the owner<\/span>’s title and of all liens<\/span> or encumbrances on the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> described in the certificate and whether possession<\/span> is held by the owner<\/span> under a lease, contract<\/span>, or conditional sale or other like agreement. The certificate of title shall also contain forms of assignment of title or interest and warranty of title with space for notation of liens<\/span> and encumbrances on the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> at the time of a transfer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTENTS OF REGISTRATION CARD AND CERTIFICATE; VEHICLE COLOR DATA; NOTATION OF\nCERTAIN DISABLED OWNERS (\u00a7 46.2-604)\n\nThe registration card and the certificate of title shall each contain the date\nissued, the registration number assigned to the motor vehicle, trailer, or\nsemitrailer, the name and address of the owner, a description of the registered\nmotor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, and other statement of facts as may be\ndetermined by the Department. Every applicant for registration or renewal of\nregistration shall indicate on his application the color that best describes the\npredominant color of the vehicle. In so doing, the applicant shall select a\ncolor from a list of standard, primary colors, developed by the Commissioner.\nSuch color information shall be maintained in the Department’s records and\nmade available to law-enforcement agencies for their official use and may, in\nthe discretion of the Commissioner, be indicated on the registration card and\nthe certificate of title.\n\t\tWhenever disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 to the\nparent or legal guardian of a person with a disability that limits or impairs\nhis ability to walk or that creates a concern for his safety while walking, the\nregistration card for such vehicle shall so note.\n\t\tWhenever (i) disabled parking license plates are issued under \u00a7 46.2-731 or\nDV disabled parking license plates are issued under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-739\nand (ii) the vehicle for which such license plates are issued is registered in\nthe name of more than one owner, the registration card for such vehicle shall\ninclude a notation indicating which owner or owners of the vehicle is a\n“person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to\nwalk” as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1240. However, no vehicle owned and used by an\norganization for the transportation of disabled persons shall be subject to the\nnotation requirement imposed by this paragraph.\n\t\tThe registration card shall contain forms for providing notice to the\nDepartment of a transfer of the ownership of the motor vehicle, trailer, or\nsemitrailer. Whenever a Virginia-registered motor vehicle is sold or its\nownership otherwise transferred, the seller or transferor shall notify the\nDepartment of the sale or transfer by completing the appropriate portion of the\nregistration card. Section 46.2-113 shall not apply to failures to provide such\nnotification.\n\t\tThe certificate of title shall contain a statement of the owner’s title\nand of all liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer\ndescribed in the certificate and whether possession is held by the owner under a\nlease, contract, or conditional sale or other like agreement. The certificate of\ntitle shall also contain forms of assignment of title or interest and warranty\nof title with space for notation of liens and encumbrances on the motor vehicle,\ntrailer, or semitrailer at the time of a transfer.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-79; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-79; 1988, c. 363; 1989, c.\n727; 1990, c. 79; 1998, cc. 285, 302; 2000, c. 667; 2004, c. 692.","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}}