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It has been modified 4 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 1982, chapter 247; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228563,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55340,"identifier":"46.2-722","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/9\/46.2-722","url":"\/46.2-722\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-722\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/9\/46.2-722","dublin_core":{"Title":"Altered or forged license plates or decals; use as evidence of knowledge","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-722","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who, with fraudulent <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>, alters any <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decal<\/span> issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or by any other state, forges or counterfeits any <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decal<\/span> purporting to have been issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under the provisions of this title or by any other state under a similar <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or who, with fraudulent <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>, alters, falsifies, or forges any assignment thereof, or who holds or uses any <span class=\"dictionary\">license plate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decal<\/span> knowing it to have been altered, forged, or falsified, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> who operates it while it displays altered or forged <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> shall be presumed to have knowledge of the alteration or <span class=\"dictionary\">forgery<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERED OR FORGED LICENSE PLATES OR DECALS; USE AS EVIDENCE OF KNOWLEDGE (\u00a7\n46.2-722)\n\nAny person who, with fraudulent intent, alters any license plate or decal issued\nby the Department or by any other state, forges or counterfeits any license\nplate or decal purporting to have been issued by the Department under the\nprovisions of this title or by any other state under a similar law or who, with\nfraudulent intent, alters, falsifies, or forges any assignment thereof, or who\nholds or uses any license plate or decal knowing it to have been altered,\nforged, or falsified, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe owner of a vehicle who operates it while it displays altered or forged\nlicense plates or decals shall be presumed to have knowledge of the alteration\nor forgery.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-12; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-112; 1972, c. 609; 1982, c.\n247; 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}}