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The ordinance may also require that the license be obtained only after showing satisfactory evidence that all personal property taxes on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have been paid, and that any delinquent personal property taxes assessed or assessable against the vehicle have been paid. The ordinance may also prohibit the display of the license after its expiration date and may prescribe the form of the license. This license requirement shall be imposed in such manner, on such basis, for such period, and subject to proration for fractional periods of years as the governing body requires.\n\t\tThe situs for the imposition of the license requirement under the ordinance shall be the locality in which the vehicle is normally garaged, stored, or parked. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 451 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":227927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60568,"identifier":"46.2-754","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-754","url":"\/46.2-754\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-754\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/11\/46.2-754","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local motor vehicle licenses in Arlington County","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-754","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Arlington County may by ordinance<\/span> require the owner<\/span> of any motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> to obtain and display a license from the county licensing authority designated by the ordinance<\/span>. The ordinance<\/span> may also require that the license be obtained only after showing satisfactory evidence<\/span> that all personal property taxes on the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> have been paid, and that any delinquent personal property taxes assessed or assessable against the vehicle have been paid. The ordinance<\/span> may also prohibit the display of the license after its expiration date and may prescribe the form of the license. This license requirement shall be imposed in such manner, on such basis, for such period, and subject to proration for fractional periods of years as the governing body<\/span> requires.\n\t\tThe situs for the imposition of the license requirement under the ordinance<\/span> shall be the locality in which the vehicle is normally garaged, stored, or parked. If it cannot be determined where it is normally garaged, stored, or parked, the situs shall be the domicile of its owner<\/span>.\n\t\tThe ordinance<\/span> may provide that no motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> may be licensed by the county unless all fines owed by the owner<\/span> of the vehicle for violation of the county’s parking ordinances<\/span> have been paid.\n\t\tThe ordinance<\/span> may provide that a violation of such ordinance<\/span> constitutes a misdemeanor<\/span> the penalty<\/span> for which shall not exceed that of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES IN ARLINGTON COUNTY (\u00a7 46.2-754)\n\nArlington County may by ordinance require the owner of any motor vehicle,\ntrailer, or semitrailer to obtain and display a license from the county\nlicensing authority designated by the ordinance. The ordinance may also require\nthat the license be obtained only after showing satisfactory evidence that all\npersonal property taxes on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have been\npaid, and that any delinquent personal property taxes assessed or assessable\nagainst the vehicle have been paid. The ordinance may also prohibit the display\nof the license after its expiration date and may prescribe the form of the\nlicense. This license requirement shall be imposed in such manner, on such\nbasis, for such period, and subject to proration for fractional periods of years\nas the governing body requires.\n\t\tThe situs for the imposition of the license requirement under the ordinance\nshall be the locality in which the vehicle is normally garaged, stored, or\nparked. If it cannot be determined where it is normally garaged, stored, or\nparked, the situs shall be the domicile of its owner.\n\t\tThe ordinance may provide that no motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may\nbe licensed by the county unless all fines owed by the owner of the vehicle for\nviolation of the county’s parking ordinances have been paid.\n\t\tThe ordinance may provide that a violation of such ordinance constitutes a\nmisdemeanor the penalty for which shall not exceed that of a Class 4\nmisdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 451, \u00a7 46.1-65.2; 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}}