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It has been modified 3 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 723; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80062,"section_number":"46.2-750","catch_line":"Vehicles of Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and regional jail authorities","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-750\/"}],"permalink":{"id":227911,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61454,"identifier":"46.2-751","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-751","url":"\/46.2-751\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-751\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-751","dublin_core":{"Title":"State-owned passenger vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-751","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as provided in subsection B of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Vehicles of Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and regional jail authorities\" href=\"\/46.2-750\/\">46.2-750<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> for use on <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> owned by the Commonwealth or any of its <span class=\"dictionary\">departments<\/span>, institutions, boards, or agencies and used for passenger transportation unless written application has been filed with the Governor showing the necessity for the use and unless the Governor has directed the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE-OWNED PASSENGER VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-751)\n\nExcept as provided in subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-750, the Commissioner shall not\nissue any license plates for use on vehicles owned by the Commonwealth or any of\nits departments, institutions, boards, or agencies and used for passenger\ntransportation unless written application has been filed with the Governor\nshowing the necessity for the use and unless the Governor has directed the\nCommissioner to issue the license plates.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-55; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-57; 1972, c. 723; 1989, c.\n727; 1994, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6.","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}}