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If the operator chooses to make payment, he shall do so to the judicial officer, who shall transmit the citation along with the fees and penalties to the Department for distribution in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tThe Commonwealth shall not be required to post bond in order to attach a vehicle pursuant to this section. The size and weight compliance agent authorized to hold the vehicle pending a hearing on the attachment petition shall also be empowered to execute the attachment summons if issued. Any bond for the retention of the vehicle or for release of the attachment shall be given in accordance with \u00a7 8.01-553 except that the bond shall be taken by a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall return the bond to the clerk of the appropriate court in place of the officer serving the attachment as otherwise provided in \u00a7 8.01-554.\n\t\tIn the event the fees and penalties are not paid in full, or no bond is given by, or for the person responsible for paying the fees and penalties, the vehicle shall be stored in a secure place, as may be designated by the owner or operator of the vehicle. If no place is designated, the officer or size and weight compliance agent executing the attachment summons shall designate the place of storage. The owner or operator shall be afforded the right of unloading and removing the cargo from the vehicle. The risk and cost of the storage shall be borne by the owner or operator of the vehicle.\n\t\tWhenever an attachment summons is issued for unpaid fees and penalties the court shall forward to the Department both a copy of the order disposing of the case and the citation prepared by the size and weight compliance agent but not served.\n\t\tUpon notification of the judgment or administrative order entered for such unpaid fees and penalties and notification of the failure of such person to satisfy the judgment or order, the Department, the Department of State Police, or any law-enforcement officer or size and weight compliance agent shall thereafter deny the offending person the right to operate a motor vehicle or vehicles on any highway of the Commonwealth until the judgment or order has been satisfied and a reinstatement fee of $50 has been paid to the Department. Reinstatement fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tWhen informed that the right to operate the motor vehicle has been denied, the driver shall drive the motor vehicle to a nearby location off the public highways and not move it or permit it to be moved until such judgment or order has been satisfied. Failure by the driver to comply with this provision shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAll costs incurred by the Commonwealth and all judgments, if any, against the Commonwealth due to action taken pursuant to this section shall be paid from the fund into which the civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-613.1 are paid.\n\t\tOfficers of the Department of State Police and all other law-enforcement officers are vested with the same powers with respect to the enforcement of this chapter as they have with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276922,"text":"Any size and weight compliance agent authorized to serve process under the provisions of this chapter may hold a vehicle without an attachment summons or court order, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly petition for an attachment summons to attach the vehicle.\n\t\tAfter finding reasonable cause for the issuance of an attachment summons, the judicial officer conducting the hearing shall inform the operator of the vehicle of his option to either pay the previously assessed fees and penalties due the Commonwealth or contest the charge through the attachment proceeding. If the operator chooses to make payment, he shall do so to the judicial officer, who shall transmit the citation along with the fees and penalties to the Department for distribution in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tThe Commonwealth shall not be required to post bond in order to attach a vehicle pursuant to this section. The size and weight compliance agent authorized to hold the vehicle pending a hearing on the attachment petition shall also be empowered to execute the attachment summons if issued. Any bond for the retention of the vehicle or for release of the attachment shall be given in accordance with \u00a7 8.01-553 except that the bond shall be taken by a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall return the bond to the clerk of the appropriate court in place of the officer serving the attachment as otherwise provided in \u00a7 8.01-554.\n\t\tIn the event the fees and penalties are not paid in full, or no bond is given by, or for the person responsible for paying the fees and penalties, the vehicle shall be stored in a secure place, as may be designated by the owner or operator of the vehicle. If no place is designated, the officer or size and weight compliance agent executing the attachment summons shall designate the place of storage. The owner or operator shall be afforded the right of unloading and removing the cargo from the vehicle. The risk and cost of the storage shall be borne by the owner or operator of the vehicle.\n\t\tWhenever an attachment summons is issued for unpaid fees and penalties the court shall forward to the Department both a copy of the order disposing of the case and the citation prepared by the size and weight compliance agent but not served.\n\t\tUpon notification of the judgment or administrative order entered for such unpaid fees and penalties and notification of the failure of such person to satisfy the judgment or order, the Department, the Department of State Police, or any law-enforcement officer or size and weight compliance agent shall thereafter deny the offending person the right to operate a motor vehicle or vehicles on any highway of the Commonwealth until the judgment or order has been satisfied and a reinstatement fee of $50 has been paid to the Department. Reinstatement fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tWhen informed that the right to operate the motor vehicle has been denied, the driver shall drive the motor vehicle to a nearby location off the public highways and not move it or permit it to be moved until such judgment or order has been satisfied. Failure by the driver to comply with this provision shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAll costs incurred by the Commonwealth and all judgments, if any, against the Commonwealth due to action taken pursuant to this section shall be paid from the fund into which the civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-613.1 are paid.\n\t\tOfficers of the Department of State Police and all other law-enforcement officers are vested with the same powers with respect to the enforcement of this chapter as they have with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12880,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling and Registration, Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12879,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":226925,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12880,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12879,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":226923,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12879,"identifier":"6","token":"46.2\/II\/6","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12771,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling, Registration and Licensure","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12771,"identifier":"II","token":"46.2\/II","url":"\/46.2\/II\/","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":87484,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-600","catch_line":"Owner to secure registration and certificate of title or certificate of ownership","url":"\/46.2-600\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-600","metadata":false},{"id":64770,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-600.1","catch_line":"Indication of special communication needs","url":"\/46.2-600.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-600.1","metadata":false},{"id":75107,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-601","catch_line":"Appointment of Commissioner agent for service of process","url":"\/46.2-601\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-601","metadata":false},{"id":69821,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-602","catch_line":"Titling and registration of foreign market vehicles","url":"\/46.2-602\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602","metadata":false},{"id":64808,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-602.1","catch_line":"Titling and registration of replica vehicles","url":"\/46.2-602.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.1","metadata":false},{"id":75086,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-602.2","catch_line":"Titling and registration of company vehicles of automotive manufacturers","url":"\/46.2-602.2\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.2","metadata":false},{"id":66957,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-602.3","catch_line":"Titling and registration of converted electric vehicles","url":"\/46.2-602.3\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.3","metadata":false},{"id":58198,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-602.4","catch_line":"Titling and registration of off-road motorcycle converted to on-road use","url":"\/46.2-602.4\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.4","metadata":false},{"id":84134,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-603","catch_line":"Issuance of certificate of title and registration card","url":"\/46.2-603\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-603","metadata":false},{"id":78960,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-603.1","catch_line":"Electronic titling and registration program","url":"\/46.2-603.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-603.1","metadata":false},{"id":63997,"structure_id":12880,"section_number":"46.2-604","catch_line":"Contents of registration card and certificate; 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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 62<\/a> and 73<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapters 22<\/a> and 111<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77591,"section_number":"46.2-217","catch_line":"Enforcement of laws by Commissioner; authority of officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-217\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55667,"section_number":"46.2-613.1","catch_line":"Civil penalty for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-613.1\/"},{"id":64400,"section_number":"8.01-553","catch_line":"Bonds for retention of property or release of attachment; revising bonds mentioned in this and \u00a7 8.01-551","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-553\/"},{"id":76308,"section_number":"8.01-554","catch_line":"Where bond returned and filed; exceptions to bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-554\/"}],"permalink":{"id":227019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77194,"identifier":"46.2-613.4","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.4","url":"\/46.2-613.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-613.4\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special seizure provisions for unpaid fees and penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-613.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any size and weight compliance agent<\/span> authorized to serve process under the provisions of this chapter may hold a vehicle without an attachment<\/span> summons<\/span> or court order<\/span>, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly petition<\/span> for an attachment<\/span> summons<\/span> to attach the vehicle.\n\t\tAfter finding<\/span> reasonable cause for the issuance of an attachment<\/span> summons<\/span>, the judicial officer conducting the hearing<\/span> shall inform the operator<\/span> of the vehicle of his option to either pay the previously assessed fees and penalties due the Commonwealth or contest the charge through the attachment<\/span> proceeding. If the operator<\/span> chooses to make payment, he shall do so to the judicial officer, who shall transmit the citation<\/span> along with the fees and penalties to the Department<\/span> for distribution in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-613.1<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Commonwealth shall not be required to post bond<\/span> in order to attach a vehicle pursuant to this section. The size and weight compliance agent<\/span> authorized to hold the vehicle pending a hearing<\/span> on the attachment<\/span> petition<\/span> shall also be empowered to execute the attachment<\/span> summons<\/span> if issued. Any bond<\/span> for the retention of the vehicle or for release of the attachment<\/span> shall be given in accordance with \u00a7 8.01-553<\/a> except that the bond<\/span> shall be taken by a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall return the bond<\/span> to the clerk of the appropriate court in place of the officer serving the attachment<\/span> as otherwise provided in \u00a7 8.01-554<\/a>.\n\t\tIn the event the fees and penalties are not paid in full, or no bond<\/span> is given by, or for the person responsible for paying the fees and penalties, the vehicle shall be stored in a secure place, as may be designated by the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of the vehicle. If no place is designated, the officer or size and weight compliance agent<\/span> executing the attachment<\/span> summons<\/span> shall designate the place of storage. The owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> shall be afforded the right of unloading and removing the cargo from the vehicle. The risk and cost of the storage shall be borne by the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of the vehicle.\n\t\tWhenever an attachment<\/span> summons<\/span> is issued for unpaid fees and penalties the court shall forward to the Department<\/span> both a copy of the order disposing of the case and the citation<\/span> prepared by the size and weight compliance agent<\/span> but not served.\n\t\tUpon notification of the judgment<\/span> or administrative order entered for such unpaid fees and penalties and notification of the failure of such person to satisfy the judgment<\/span> or order, the Department<\/span>, the Department<\/span> of State Police, or any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or size and weight compliance agent<\/span> shall thereafter deny the offending person the right to operate a motor vehicle<\/span> or vehicles<\/span> on any highway<\/span> of the Commonwealth until the judgment<\/span> or order has been satisfied and a reinstatement fee of $50 has been paid to the Department<\/span>. Reinstatement fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner<\/span> into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department<\/span>.\n\t\tWhen informed that the right to operate the motor vehicle<\/span> has been denied, the driver<\/span> shall drive the motor vehicle<\/span> to a nearby location off the public highways<\/span><\/span> and not move it or permit it to be moved until such judgment<\/span> or order has been satisfied. Failure by the driver<\/span> to comply with this provision shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tAll costs incurred by the Commonwealth and all judgments<\/span>, if any, against the Commonwealth due to action taken pursuant to this section shall be paid from the fund into which the civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-613.1<\/a> are paid.\n\t\tOfficers of the Department<\/span> of State Police and all other law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> are vested with the same powers with respect to the enforcement of this chapter as they have with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL SEIZURE PROVISIONS FOR UNPAID FEES AND PENALTIES (\u00a7 46.2-613.4)\n\nAny size and weight compliance agent authorized to serve process under the\nprovisions of this chapter may hold a vehicle without an attachment summons or\ncourt order, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly\npetition for an attachment summons to attach the vehicle.\n\t\tAfter finding reasonable cause for the issuance of an attachment summons, the\njudicial officer conducting the hearing shall inform the operator of the vehicle\nof his option to either pay the previously assessed fees and penalties due the\nCommonwealth or contest the charge through the attachment proceeding. If the\noperator chooses to make payment, he shall do so to the judicial officer, who\nshall transmit the citation along with the fees and penalties to the Department\nfor distribution in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tThe Commonwealth shall not be required to post bond in order to attach a\nvehicle pursuant to this section. The size and weight compliance agent\nauthorized to hold the vehicle pending a hearing on the attachment petition\nshall also be empowered to execute the attachment summons if issued. Any bond\nfor the retention of the vehicle or for release of the attachment shall be given\nin accordance with \u00a7 8.01-553 except that the bond shall be taken by a judicial\nofficer. The judicial officer shall return the bond to the clerk of the\nappropriate court in place of the officer serving the attachment as otherwise\nprovided in \u00a7 8.01-554.\n\t\tIn the event the fees and penalties are not paid in full, or no bond is given\nby, or for the person responsible for paying the fees and penalties, the vehicle\nshall be stored in a secure place, as may be designated by the owner or operator\nof the vehicle. If no place is designated, the officer or size and weight\ncompliance agent executing the attachment summons shall designate the place of\nstorage. The owner or operator shall be afforded the right of unloading and\nremoving the cargo from the vehicle. The risk and cost of the storage shall be\nborne by the owner or operator of the vehicle.\n\t\tWhenever an attachment summons is issued for unpaid fees and penalties the\ncourt shall forward to the Department both a copy of the order disposing of the\ncase and the citation prepared by the size and weight compliance agent but not\nserved.\n\t\tUpon notification of the judgment or administrative order entered for such\nunpaid fees and penalties and notification of the failure of such person to\nsatisfy the judgment or order, the Department, the Department of State Police,\nor any law-enforcement officer or size and weight compliance agent shall\nthereafter deny the offending person the right to operate a motor vehicle or\nvehicles on any highway of the Commonwealth until the judgment or order has been\nsatisfied and a reinstatement fee of $50 has been paid to the Department.\nReinstatement fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid\nby the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special\nfund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tWhen informed that the right to operate the motor vehicle has been denied, the\ndriver shall drive the motor vehicle to a nearby location off the public\nhighways and not move it or permit it to be moved until such judgment or order\nhas been satisfied. Failure by the driver to comply with this provision shall\nconstitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAll costs incurred by the Commonwealth and all judgments, if any, against the\nCommonwealth due to action taken pursuant to this section shall be paid from the\nfund into which the civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-613.1 are paid.\n\t\tOfficers of the Department of State Police and all other law-enforcement\nofficers are vested with the same powers with respect to the enforcement of this\nchapter as they have with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 62, 73; 2012, cc. 22, 111.","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}}