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The declaration of a grace period shall have the effect of postponing the expiration of those license plates, decals, and registrations scheduled to expire on the last day of that month to the fifteenth day of the succeeding month.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219137,"text":"The Commissioner may, on finding either that the Department is unable to efficiently handle the replacement of license plates or decals or the renewal of registrations scheduled to expire during a specific month, or that persons seeking to secure license plates, decals, or registration renewals are, as a group, unable to do so without being substantially inconvenienced, declare a grace period for the replacement of license plates or decals and the renewal of registrations. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 17 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. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59832,"identifier":"46.2-647","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-647","url":"\/46.2-647\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-647\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-647","dublin_core":{"Title":"Grace period for replacement of license plates or decals and renewal of registrations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-647","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may, on <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> either that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> is unable to efficiently handle the replacement of <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> or the renewal of registrations scheduled to expire during a specific month, or that persons seeking to secure <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span>, or registration renewals are, as a group, unable to do so without being substantially inconvenienced, declare a grace period for the replacement of <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> and the renewal of registrations. 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The declaration of a grace period shall have the effect of\npostponing the expiration of those license plates, decals, and registrations\nscheduled to expire on the last day of that month to the fifteenth day of the\nsucceeding month.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 17, \u00a7 46.1-63.1; 1989, c. 727.","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}}