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Such a request shall be considered both a replacement for purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-607 and 46.2-692 and an exchange for purposes of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199145,"text":"The fee for the exchange of license plates shall be the greater of the total of any statutory fees required for the requested license plates, as calculated under the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-694, or $10.\n\t\tAs used in this section, an &#8220;exchange of license plates&#8221; means a transaction that occurs within the registration period of a vehicle in which the vehicle owner voluntarily returns the license plates assigned to the vehicle and requests for the same vehicle new license plates with a different design or alphanumeric combination or both.\n\t\tA request for new license plates made as part of the vehicle registration renewal process shall not be considered an exchange of license plates for purposes of this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall apply to a replacement request made under the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-607 for license plates that are not duplicates or otherwise equivalent to the lost, mutilated, or illegible plates required to be replaced under that section. Such a request shall be considered both a replacement for purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-607 and 46.2-692 and an exchange for purposes of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13226,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fees for Registration","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12879,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:29","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:29","permalink":{"id":228365,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13226,"identifier":"7","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12879,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":226923,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12879,"identifier":"6","token":"46.2\/II\/6","url":"\/46.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12771,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling, Registration and Licensure","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12771,"identifier":"II","token":"46.2\/II","url":"\/46.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":70197,"structure_id":13226,"section_number":"46.2-685","catch_line":"Payment of fees into special fund","url":"\/46.2-685\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-685","metadata":false},{"id":80219,"structure_id":13226,"section_number":"46.2-686","catch_line":"Portion of certain fees to be paid into special fund","url":"\/46.2-686\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-686","metadata":false},{"id":84636,"structure_id":13226,"section_number":"46.2-687","catch_line":"Failure to pay certain fees; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0057\">57<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0070\">70<\/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":55505,"section_number":"46.2-607","catch_line":"Duplicates for lost or mutilated indicia of titling and registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-607\/"},{"id":67424,"section_number":"46.2-692","catch_line":"Fee for replacement of indicia of titling and registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-692\/"},{"id":76988,"section_number":"46.2-694","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-694\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228403,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54233,"identifier":"46.2-692.2","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-692.2","url":"\/46.2-692.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-692.2\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/7\/46.2-692.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fee for exchange of license plates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-692.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The fee for the <span class=\"dictionary\">exchange of license plates<\/span> shall be the greater of the total of any statutory fees required for the requested license plates, as calculated under the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof\" href=\"\/46.2-694\/\">46.2-694<\/a>, or $10.\n\t\tAs used in this section, an &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">exchange of license plates<\/span>&#8221; means a transaction that occurs within the registration period of a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> voluntarily returns the license plates assigned to the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> and requests for the same <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> new license plates with a different design or alphanumeric combination or both.\n\t\tA request for new license plates made as part of the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> registration renewal process shall not be considered an <span class=\"dictionary\">exchange of license plates<\/span> for purposes of this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall apply to a replacement request made under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Duplicates for lost or mutilated indicia of titling and registration\" href=\"\/46.2-607\/\">46.2-607<\/a> for license plates that are not duplicates or otherwise equivalent to the lost, mutilated, or illegible plates required to be replaced under that section. Such a request shall be considered both a replacement for purposes of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Duplicates for lost or mutilated indicia of titling and registration\" href=\"\/46.2-607\/\">46.2-607<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Fee for replacement of indicia of titling and registration\" href=\"\/46.2-692\/\">46.2-692<\/a> and an exchange for purposes of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEE FOR EXCHANGE OF LICENSE PLATES (\u00a7 46.2-692.2)\n\nThe fee for the exchange of license plates shall be the greater of the total of\nany statutory fees required for the requested license plates, as calculated\nunder the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-694, or $10.\n\t\tAs used in this section, an &#8220;exchange of license plates&#8221; means a\ntransaction that occurs within the registration period of a vehicle in which the\nvehicle owner voluntarily returns the license plates assigned to the vehicle and\nrequests for the same vehicle new license plates with a different design or\nalphanumeric combination or both.\n\t\tA request for new license plates made as part of the vehicle registration\nrenewal process shall not be considered an exchange of license plates for\npurposes of this section.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall apply to a replacement request made under\nthe provisions of \u00a7 46.2-607 for license plates that are not duplicates or\notherwise equivalent to the lost, mutilated, or illegible plates required to be\nreplaced under that section. Such a request shall be considered both a\nreplacement for purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-607 and 46.2-692 and an exchange for\npurposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 57, 70.","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}}