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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 593<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63056,"section_number":"46.2-1119","catch_line":"Tow dolly and converter gear","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1119\/"},{"id":64342,"section_number":"46.2-694.1","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date -- see note*) Fees for trailers and semitrailers not designed and used for transportation of passengers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-694.1\/"},{"id":58932,"section_number":"46.2-726","catch_line":"License plates with reserved numbers or letters; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-726\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84029,"identifier":"46.2-648.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-648.1","url":"\/46.2-648.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-648.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-648.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Optional registration of tow dolly and converter gear","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-648.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> may, upon request, register any tow dolly or converter gear as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1119<\/a>. For the purpose of determining the applicable fee for any such registration, the tow dolly or converter gear shall be considered a trailer<\/span> and the registration fee determined in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-694.1<\/a>. The fee for reserved numbers or letters on license plates<\/span> for any tow dolly or converter gear shall be determined in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-726<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPTIONAL REGISTRATION OF TOW DOLLY AND CONVERTER GEAR (\u00a7 46.2-648.1)\n\nThe Department may, upon request, register any tow dolly or converter gear as\ndefined in \u00a7 46.2-1119. For the purpose of determining the applicable fee for\nany such registration, the tow dolly or converter gear shall be considered a\ntrailer and the registration fee determined in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-694.1.\nThe fee for reserved numbers or letters on license plates for any tow dolly or\nconverter gear shall be determined in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-726.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 593.","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}}