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The head of a state agency, the chief of police of a city, county, or town having a police department, or the sheriff of a city or county, shall certify under oath and the law-enforcement agencies of the federal government shall certify to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the vehicles to be used solely for police work.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216834,"text":"Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers owned by the Commonwealth and the counties, cities, and towns thereof and used solely for police work may be issued the same license plates as those issued in registration of vehicles owned by private citizens. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 48 and 110 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":227907,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59139,"identifier":"46.2-750.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-750.1","url":"\/46.2-750.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-750.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-750.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicles used for police work","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-750.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Motor vehicles<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trailers<\/span>, and <span class=\"dictionary\">semitrailers<\/span> owned by the Commonwealth and the counties, cities, and towns thereof and used solely for police work may be issued the same <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> as those issued in registration of vehicles owned by private citizens. The head of a state agency, the chief of police of a city, county, or town having a police <span class=\"dictionary\">department<\/span>, or the sheriff of a city or county, shall certify under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agencies of the federal government shall certify to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicles<\/span> the vehicles to be used solely for police work.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLES USED FOR POLICE WORK (\u00a7 46.2-750.1)\n\nMotor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers owned by the Commonwealth and the\ncounties, cities, and towns thereof and used solely for police work may be\nissued the same license plates as those issued in registration of vehicles owned\nby private citizens. The head of a state agency, the chief of police of a city,\ncounty, or town having a police department, or the sheriff of a city or county,\nshall certify under oath and the law-enforcement agencies of the federal\ngovernment shall certify to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the vehicles to\nbe used solely for police work.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 48, 110, \u00a7\u00a7 46.1-49, 46.1-49.1.","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}}