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Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, every such license plate shall display the word &#8220;SAMPLE&#8221; on its face, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner.\n\t\tThe fee for sample license plates not displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be ten dollars for each license plate. The fee for sample license plates displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be twenty dollars for each license plate. Sample license plates shall not be valid for registration purposes and shall not be mounted or displayed on any motor vehicle.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":200951,"text":"Upon application therefor, the Commissioner may issue samples of authorized license plates currently issued by the Department. Sample license plates may display, as requested by the applicant and approved by the Commissioner, a combination of up to seven numbers or letters, when feasible. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, every such license plate shall display the word &#8220;SAMPLE&#8221; on its face, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner.\n\t\tThe fee for sample license plates not displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be ten dollars for each license plate. The fee for sample license plates displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be twenty dollars for each license plate. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP1026\">1026<\/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 1997, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0774\">774<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0816\">816<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54741,"identifier":"46.2-692.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-692.1","url":"\/46.2-692.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-692.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-692.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sample license plates; fee; use","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-692.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon application therefor, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> samples of authorized <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> currently issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. Sample <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> may display, as requested by the applicant and approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, a combination of up to seven numbers or letters, when feasible. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, every such <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> shall display the word &#8220;SAMPLE&#8221; on its face, in a manner prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>.\n\t\tThe fee for sample <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> not displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be ten dollars for each <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span>. The fee for sample <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be twenty dollars for each <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span>. Sample <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> shall not be valid for registration purposes and shall not be mounted or displayed on any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAMPLE LICENSE PLATES; FEE; USE (\u00a7 46.2-692.1)\n\nUpon application therefor, the Commissioner may issue samples of authorized\nlicense plates currently issued by the Department. Sample license plates may\ndisplay, as requested by the applicant and approved by the Commissioner, a\ncombination of up to seven numbers or letters, when feasible. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of this section, every such license plate shall display the word\n&#8220;SAMPLE&#8221; on its face, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner.\n\t\tThe fee for sample license plates not displaying numbers or letters requested\nby the applicant shall be ten dollars for each license plate. The fee for sample\nlicense plates displaying numbers or letters requested by the applicant shall be\ntwenty dollars for each license plate. Sample license plates shall not be valid\nfor registration purposes and shall not be mounted or displayed on any motor\nvehicle.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 1026; 1997, cc. 774, 816.","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}}