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The owner of a motor vehicle who has voluntarily deactivated the vehicle’s registration pursuant to this section shall not be required, with respect to such vehicle, to carry bodily injury liability insurance or property damage insurance.\n\t\t\tIt shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle whose registration has been deactivated on any highway in the Commonwealth.B\n\nAny person having a motor vehicle for which registration has been deactivated under subsection A may apply to the Commissioner to reactivate the registration of such vehicle. Every applicant for reactivation of registration shall furnish the Commissioner with such evidence as is required under § 46.2-649 and shall execute and furnish to the Commissioner his certificate that the motor vehicle for which registration is to be reactivated is an insured motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-705, or that the Commissioner has issued to its owner, in accordance with § 46.2-368, a certificate of self-insurance applicable to the vehicle. The fee to be paid to the Department for the reactivation of a motor vehicle’s registration shall be $10 unless the vehicle’s registration has expired or the vehicle is registered under the International Registration Plan.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":209305,"text":"The owner of a motor vehicle that has been registered in the Commonwealth may apply to the Commissioner to deactivate the registration of such vehicle. 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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 673<\/a> and 789<\/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 2023, chapter 538<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66695,"section_number":"46.2-707","catch_line":"Operation of uninsured vehicle; false evidence of insurance; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-707\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80663,"section_number":"46.2-368","catch_line":"Certificate of self-insurance exempts from chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-368\/"},{"id":82949,"section_number":"46.2-649","catch_line":"Certain vehicles required to show evidence of payment of taxes and of registration or exemption from registration with Department of Motor Vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-649\/"},{"id":76189,"section_number":"46.2-705","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-705\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57153,"identifier":"46.2-646.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-646.1","url":"\/46.2-646.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-646.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-646.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Deactivation and reactivation of registration; fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-646.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The owner<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> that has been registered in the Commonwealth may apply to the Commissioner<\/span> to deactivate the registration of such vehicle. The owner<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> who has voluntarily deactivated the vehicle’s registration pursuant to this section shall not be required, with respect to such vehicle, to carry bodily injury liability insurance or property damage insurance.\n\t\t\tIt shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle<\/span> whose registration has been deactivated on any highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person having a motor vehicle<\/span> for which registration has been deactivated under subsection A may apply to the Commissioner<\/span> to reactivate the registration of such vehicle. Every applicant for reactivation of registration shall furnish the Commissioner<\/span> with such evidence<\/span> as is required under § 46.2-649<\/a> and shall execute and furnish to the Commissioner<\/span> his certificate that the motor vehicle<\/span> for which registration is to be reactivated is an insured motor vehicle<\/span> as defined in § 46.2-705<\/a>, or that the Commissioner<\/span> has issued to its owner<\/span>, in accordance with § 46.2-368<\/a>, a certificate of self-insurance applicable to the vehicle. The fee to be paid to the Department<\/span> for the reactivation of a motor vehicle<\/span>’s registration shall be $10 unless the vehicle’s registration has expired or the vehicle is registered under the International Registration Plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEACTIVATION AND REACTIVATION OF REGISTRATION; FEES (\u00a7 46.2-646.1)\n\nA. The owner of a motor vehicle that has been registered in the Commonwealth may\napply to the Commissioner to deactivate the registration of such vehicle. The\nowner of a motor vehicle who has voluntarily deactivated the vehicle’s\nregistration pursuant to this section shall not be required, with respect to\nsuch vehicle, to carry bodily injury liability insurance or property damage\ninsurance.\n\t\t\tIt shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle whose registration has been\ndeactivated on any highway in the Commonwealth.\n\nB. Any person having a motor vehicle for which registration has been deactivated\nunder subsection A may apply to the Commissioner to reactivate the registration\nof such vehicle. Every applicant for reactivation of registration shall furnish\nthe Commissioner with such evidence as is required under § 46.2-649 and\nshall execute and furnish to the Commissioner his certificate that the motor\nvehicle for which registration is to be reactivated is an insured motor vehicle\nas defined in § 46.2-705, or that the Commissioner has issued to its owner,\nin accordance with § 46.2-368, a certificate of self-insurance applicable\nto the vehicle. The fee to be paid to the Department for the reactivation of a\nmotor vehicle’s registration shall be $10 unless the vehicle’s\nregistration has expired or the vehicle is registered under the International\nRegistration Plan.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 673, 789; 2023, c. 538.","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}}