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The Commissioner shall retain five dollars of the fee to cover the costs incurred in issuing the plates and processing the refund.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall refund to the applicant a proration, in six-month increments, of the total cost of the registration and license plates or license plates with decals if application for the refund is made when there are six or more months remaining in the registration period. The Commissioner shall not provide a refund when otherwise eligible if the applicant chooses not to return the license plates to the Department. No charge or deduction shall be assessed for any refund made under this subsection.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264776,"text":"Any person holding a registration card and license plate or license plates with decal who disposes of, elects not to use the vehicle for which it was issued on the highways in the Commonwealth, or transfers another valid license plate to the vehicle, may surrender, prior to the beginning of the registration period, the license plates or license plates with decals and registration card or provide other evidence of registration of the vehicle to the Commissioner with a statement that the vehicle for which the license plate or license plate with decal was issued has been disposed of, election has been made not to use the vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth, or another valid license plate has been transferred to the vehicle and request a refund of the fee paid. The Commissioner shall retain five dollars of the fee to cover the costs incurred in issuing the plates and processing the refund.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall refund to the applicant a proration, in six-month increments, of the total cost of the registration and license plates or license plates with decals if application for the refund is made when there are six or more months remaining in the registration period. The Commissioner shall not provide a refund when otherwise eligible if the applicant chooses not to return the license plates to the Department. 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It has been modified 7 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 1972, chapter 609; in 1976, chapter 339; in 1977, chapter 236; in 1988, chapter 704; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2019, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0149\">149<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0193\">193<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71868,"section_number":"46.2-697","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date \u2014 see Editor's note) Fees for vehicles not designed or used for transportation of passengers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-697\/"},{"id":70851,"section_number":"46.2-772","catch_line":"(For contingent expiration, see Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275) Highway use fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-772\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228379,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73617,"identifier":"46.2-688","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-688","url":"\/46.2-688\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-688\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-688","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refund of fees paid","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-688","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person holding a registration card and <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">decal<\/span> who disposes of, elects not to use the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> for which it was issued on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth, or transfers another valid <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span>, may surrender, prior to the beginning of the registration period, the <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> and registration card or provide other <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of registration of the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> with a statement that the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> for which the <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">decal<\/span> was issued has been disposed of, election has been made not to use the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth, or another valid <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> has been transferred to the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> and request a refund of the fee paid. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall retain five dollars of the fee to cover the costs incurred in issuing the plates and processing the refund.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall refund to the applicant a proration, in six-month increments, of the total cost of the registration and <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> if application for the refund is made when there are six or more months remaining in the registration period. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall not provide a refund when otherwise eligible if the applicant chooses not to return the <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. No charge or deduction shall be assessed for any refund made under this subsection.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUND OF FEES PAID (\u00a7 46.2-688)\n\nAny person holding a registration card and license plate or license plates with\ndecal who disposes of, elects not to use the vehicle for which it was issued on\nthe highways in the Commonwealth, or transfers another valid license plate to\nthe vehicle, may surrender, prior to the beginning of the registration period,\nthe license plates or license plates with decals and registration card or\nprovide other evidence of registration of the vehicle to the Commissioner with a\nstatement that the vehicle for which the license plate or license plate with\ndecal was issued has been disposed of, election has been made not to use the\nvehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth, or another valid license plate has\nbeen transferred to the vehicle and request a refund of the fee paid. The\nCommissioner shall retain five dollars of the fee to cover the costs incurred in\nissuing the plates and processing the refund.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall refund to the applicant a proration, in six-month\nincrements, of the total cost of the registration and license plates or license\nplates with decals if application for the refund is made when there are six or\nmore months remaining in the registration period. The Commissioner shall not\nprovide a refund when otherwise eligible if the applicant chooses not to return\nthe license plates to the Department. No charge or deduction shall be assessed\nfor any refund made under this subsection.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-94; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-97; 1972, c. 609; 1976, c.\n339; 1977, c. 236; 1988, c. 704; 1989, c. 727; 2019, cc. 149, 193.","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}}