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The additional fee shall be no more than $5. The total local license fee shall be no more than $25 on any vehicle, and this license fee shall not be imposed on any motor vehicle exempted under \u00a7 46.2-739.\n\t\tThe governing bodies are also authorized to charge additional annual license fees on the motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers as specified in \u00a7 46.2-697 in an amount of no more than $5 for each such vehicle. This authorization shall not increase the maximum chargeable by more than $5 or affect any existing exemption.\n\t\tAny funds acquired in excess of those allowed by \u00a7 46.2-752, shall be allocated to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission to be a credit to that locality making the payment for its share of any operating deficit assigned to it by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232295,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing bodies of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and Falls Church are authorized to charge annual license fees, in addition to those specified in \u00a7 46.2-752, on passenger cars, including passenger cars that are used as TNC partner vehicles as defined in \u00a7 46.2-2000, but not on passenger cars that are otherwise used for the transportation of passengers for compensation. The additional fee shall be no more than $5. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 487 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1977, chapter 258; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2015, chapters 2<\/a> and 3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70585,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2000\/"},{"id":71868,"section_number":"46.2-697","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date \u2014 see Editor's note) Fees for vehicles not designed or used for transportation of passengers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-697\/"},{"id":75883,"section_number":"46.2-739","catch_line":"Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-739\/"},{"id":78143,"section_number":"46.2-752","catch_line":"Taxes and license fees imposed by counties, cities, and towns; limitations on amounts; disposition of revenues; requiring evidence of payment of personal property taxes and certain fines; prohibiting display of licenses after expiration; failure to display valid local license required by other localities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-752\/"}],"permalink":{"id":227923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63763,"identifier":"46.2-753","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-753","url":"\/46.2-753\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-753\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-753","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional license fees in certain localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-753","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the governing bodies of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and Falls Church are authorized to charge annual license fees, in addition to those specified in \u00a7 46.2-752<\/a>, on passenger cars<\/span>, including passenger cars<\/span> that are used as TNC partner vehicles as defined in \u00a7 46.2-2000<\/a>, but not on passenger cars<\/span> that are otherwise used for the transportation of passengers for compensation. The additional fee shall be no more than $5. The total local license fee shall be no more than $25 on any vehicle, and this license fee shall not be imposed on any motor vehicle<\/span> exempted under \u00a7 46.2-739<\/a>.\n\t\tThe governing bodies are also authorized to charge additional annual license fees on the motor vehicles<\/span>, trailers<\/span>, and semitrailers<\/span> as specified in \u00a7 46.2-697<\/a> in an amount of no more than $5 for each such vehicle. This authorization shall not increase the maximum chargeable by more than $5 or affect any existing exemption.\n\t\tAny funds acquired in excess of those allowed by \u00a7 46.2-752<\/a>, shall be allocated to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission<\/span> to be a credit to that locality making the payment for its share of any operating deficit assigned to it by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL LICENSE FEES IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES (\u00a7 46.2-753)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing bodies of Alexandria,\nArlington, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and Falls Church are authorized to\ncharge annual license fees, in addition to those specified in \u00a7 46.2-752, on\npassenger cars, including passenger cars that are used as TNC partner vehicles\nas defined in \u00a7 46.2-2000, but not on passenger cars that are otherwise used\nfor the transportation of passengers for compensation. The additional fee shall\nbe no more than $5. The total local license fee shall be no more than $25 on any\nvehicle, and this license fee shall not be imposed on any motor vehicle exempted\nunder \u00a7 46.2-739.\n\t\tThe governing bodies are also authorized to charge additional annual license\nfees on the motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers as specified in \u00a7\n46.2-697 in an amount of no more than $5 for each such vehicle. This\nauthorization shall not increase the maximum chargeable by more than $5 or\naffect any existing exemption.\n\t\tAny funds acquired in excess of those allowed by \u00a7 46.2-752, shall be\nallocated to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission to be a credit to\nthat locality making the payment for its share of any operating deficit assigned\nto it by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 487; 1977, c. 258, \u00a7 46.1-65.1; 1989, c. 727; 2015, cc. 2, 3.","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}}