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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81562,"section_number":"46.2-657","catch_line":"When registration by nonresident not required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-657\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81640,"identifier":"46.2-658","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/5\/46.2-658","url":"\/46.2-658\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-658\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/5\/46.2-658","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regular operation other than for pleasure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-658","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 46.2-657<\/a>, a nonresident<\/span> owner<\/span> of a foreign motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> which is regularly operated in the Commonwealth, or from a point or points outside the Commonwealth to a point or points within the Commonwealth, or from a point or points within the Commonwealth to a point or points outside the Commonwealth, or through the Commonwealth, for purposes other than purposes of pleasure, shall, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, register such vehicle and pay the same fees therefor as are required with reference to like vehicles<\/span> owned by residents of the Commonwealth. Any owner<\/span> who operates or permits to be operated one or more of these vehicles<\/span> either simultaneously or alternately as often as four times in any one month shall be considered to be regularly operating them in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULAR OPERATION OTHER THAN FOR PLEASURE (\u00a7 46.2-658)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 46.2-657, a nonresident owner of a foreign motor\nvehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is regularly operated in the\nCommonwealth, or from a point or points outside the Commonwealth to a point or\npoints within the Commonwealth, or from a point or points within the\nCommonwealth to a point or points outside the Commonwealth, or through the\nCommonwealth, for purposes other than purposes of pleasure, shall, unless\notherwise provided in this chapter, register such vehicle and pay the same fees\ntherefor as are required with reference to like vehicles owned by residents of\nthe Commonwealth. Any owner who operates or permits to be operated one or more\nof these vehicles either simultaneously or alternately as often as four times in\nany one month shall be considered to be regularly operating them in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-117; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-134; 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}}