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With the exception of a gift to a spouse, this exemption shall not apply to any unpaid obligation assumed by the transferee incidental to the transfer;8\n\nTransferred from an individual or partnership to a corporation or limited liability company or from a corporation or limited liability company to an individual or partnership if the transfer is incidental to the formation, organization or dissolution of a corporation or limited liability company in which the individual or partnership holds the majority interest;9\n\nTransferred from a wholly owned subsidiary to the parent corporation or from the parent corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary;10\n\nBeing registered for the first time in the Commonwealth and the applicant holds a valid, assignable title or registration issued to him by another state or a branch of the United States Armed Forces and (i) has owned the vehicle for longer than 12 months or (ii) has owned the vehicle for less than 12 months and provides evidence of a sales tax paid to another state. However, when a vehicle has been purchased by the applicant within the last 12 months and the applicant is unable to provide evidence of a sales tax paid to another state, the applicant shall pay the Virginia sales tax based on the fair market value of the vehicle at the time of registration in Virginia;11\n\na. Titled in a Virginia or non-Virginia motor vehicle dealer&#8217;s name for resale; or\n\t\t\tb. Titled in the name of an automotive manufacturer having its headquarters in Virginia, except for any commercially leased vehicle that is not described under subdivision 3 of &#xA7; 46.2-602.2. For purposes of this subdivision, &#8220;automotive manufacturer&#8221; and &#8220;headquarters&#8221; means the same as such terms are defined in &#xA7; 46.2-602.2;12\n\nA motor vehicle having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to an urban or suburban bus line the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance of less than 40 miles, one way, on the same day;13\n\nPurchased in the Commonwealth by a nonresident and a Virginia title is issued for the sole purpose of recording a lien against the vehicle if the vehicle will be registered in a state other than Virginia;14\n\nA motor vehicle designed for the transportation of 10 or more passengers, purchased by and for the use of a church conducted not for profit;15\n\nLoaned or leased to a private nonprofit institution of learning, for the sole purpose of use in the instruction of driver&#8217;s education when such education is a part of such school&#8217;s curriculum for full-time students;16\n\nSold to an insurance company or local government group self-insurance pool, created pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-2703, for the sole purpose of disposition when such company or pool has paid the registered owner of such vehicle a total loss claim;17\n\nOwned and used for personal or official purposes by accredited consular or diplomatic officers of foreign governments, their employees or agents, and members of their families, if such persons are nationals of the state by which they are appointed and are not citizens of the United States;18\n\nA self-contained mobile computerized axial tomography scanner sold to, rented or used by a nonprofit hospital or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code;19\n\nA motor vehicle having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to a restricted common carrier or common carrier of passengers;20\n\nBeginning July 1, 1989, a self-contained mobile unit designed exclusively for human diagnostic or therapeutic service, sold to, rented to, or used by a nonprofit hospital, or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a nonprofit corporation as defined in &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, established for research in, diagnosis of, or therapy for human ailments;21\n\nTransferred, as a gift or through a sale to an organization exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the motor vehicle is not titled and tagged for use by such organization;22\n\nA motor vehicle sold to an organization which is exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized for the primary purpose of distributing food, clothing, medicines, and other necessities of life to, and providing shelter for, needy persons in the United States and throughout the world;23\n\nTransferred to the trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the individual titleholder of a Virginia titled motor vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries of the trust may also be named in the trust instrument, when no consideration has passed between the titleholder and the beneficiaries; and transferred to the original titleholder from the trustees holding title to the motor vehicle;24\n\nTransferred to trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the owners of the vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, or transferred by trustees of such a trust to beneficiaries of the trust following the death of the grantor, when no consideration has passed between the grantor and the beneficiaries in either case;25\n\nSold by a vehicle&#8217;s lessor to its lessee upon the expiration of the term of the vehicle&#8217;s lease, if the lessee is a natural person and this natural person has paid the tax levied pursuant to this chapter with respect to the vehicle when he leased it from the lessor, and if the lessee presents an original copy of the lease upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles or other evidence that the sales tax has been paid to the Commonwealth by the lessee purchasing the vehicle;26\n\nTitled in the name of a deceased person and transferred to the spouse or heir, or under the will, of such deceased person;27\n\nAn all-terrain vehicle, moped, or off-road motorcycle, as those terms are defined in &#xA7; 46.2-100, that:\n\t\t\ta. Is being titled for the first time in the Commonwealth and that the applicant (i) has owned for more than 12 months or (ii) has owned for less than 12 months and provides evidence of tax paid pursuant to Chapter 6 (&#xA7; 58.1-600 et seq.); or\n\t\t\tb. Would otherwise be eligible for an agricultural exemption, as provided in &#xA7; 58.1-609.2;28\n\nA motor vehicle that is sold to an organization that is exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is primarily used by the organization to transport to markets for sale produce that is (i) produced by local farmers and (ii) sold by such farmers to the organization;29\n\nTransferred from the purchaser of the vehicle back to the seller of the vehicle who (i) accepted the vehicle pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (&#xA7; 59.1-207.9 et seq.) or (ii) otherwise agreed to accept the return of the vehicle due to a mechanical defect or failure and refunded to the purchaser the purchase price of the vehicle. Except when the return of the vehicle is pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, the transfer shall occur within 45 days of the date of purchase; or30\n\nAny pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle for which the owner is required to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-684.2. However, the tax as provided in &#xA7; 58.1-2402 shall be imposed upon such vehicle based upon the current market value from the time such vehicle is (i) registered for a nonexempt use as required by &#xA7; 46.2-600 or (ii) sold to a person who does not qualify for an exemption pursuant to this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":255117,"text":"No tax shall be imposed as provided in \u00a7 58.1-2402 if the vehicle is:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":255118,"text":"Sold to or used by the United States government or any governmental agency thereof;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":255119,"text":"Sold to or used by the Commonwealth of Virginia or any political subdivision thereof;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":255120,"text":"Registered in the name of a volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services agency not operated for profit;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":255121,"text":"Registered to any member of the Mattaponi, Pamunkey, or Chickahominy Indian tribes or any other recognized Indian tribe of the Commonwealth living on the tribal reservation;","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":255122,"text":"Transferred incidental to repossession under a recorded lien and ownership is transferred to the lienholder;","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":255123,"text":"A manufactured home permanently attached to real estate and included in the sale of real estate;","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":255124,"text":"A gift to the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the transferor. 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appeal","url":"\/58.1-2426\/","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2426","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":61361,"structure_id":14423,"section_number":"58.1-2402.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/58.1-2402.1\/","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2402.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":66122,"structure_id":14423,"section_number":"58.1-2404","catch_line":"Time for payment of tax on sale or use of a motor vehicle","url":"\/58.1-2404\/","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2404","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/58.1-2403\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 33 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 1966, chapter 587; in 1970, chapter 409; in 1972, chapters 302 and 680; in 1973, chapter 457; in 1974, chapter 477; in 1976, chapter 610; in 1977, chapter 537; in 1978, chapters 758 and 766; in 1982, chapter 541; in 1984, chapter 675; in 1988, chapter 372; in 1990, chapters 40 and 849; in 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0027\">27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0247\">247<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0786\">786<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0283\">283<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0322\">322<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0077\">77<\/a>; in 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0576\">576<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0602\">602<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1027\">1027<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0513\">513<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0278\">278<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0246\">246<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0274\">274<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0604\">604<\/a>; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0896\">896<\/a>; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0304\">304<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0753\">753<\/a>; in 2009, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0864\">864<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0871\">871<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0405\">405<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0639\">639<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0022\">22<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0111\">111<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0243\">243<\/a>; in 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0159\">159<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a>; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0838\">838<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0840\">840<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0052\">52<\/a>; in 2023, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0085\">85<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0086\">86<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84100,"section_number":"58.1-2402","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Levy","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2402\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81205,"section_number":"15.2-2703","catch_line":"Group self-insurance pools authorized","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2703\/"},{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"},{"id":87484,"section_number":"46.2-600","catch_line":"Owner to secure registration and certificate of title or certificate of ownership","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-600\/"},{"id":75086,"section_number":"46.2-602.2","catch_line":"Titling and registration of company vehicles of automotive manufacturers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-602.2\/"},{"id":62636,"section_number":"46.2-684.2","catch_line":"Permanent farm use placards","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-684.2\/"},{"id":84100,"section_number":"58.1-2402","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Levy","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2402\/"},{"id":63208,"section_number":"58.1-600","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-600\/"},{"id":79573,"section_number":"58.1-609.2","catch_line":"Agricultural exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-609.2\/"},{"id":83922,"section_number":"59.1-207.9","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-207.9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":255875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70726,"identifier":"58.1-2403","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2403","url":"\/58.1-2403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-2403\/","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-2403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No tax shall be imposed as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Contingent effective date) Levy\" href=\"\/58.1-2402\/\">58.1-2402<\/a> if the vehicle is:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Sold to or used by the United States government or any governmental agency thereof; <a id=\"paragraph-255118\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Sold to or used by the Commonwealth of Virginia or any political subdivision thereof; <a id=\"paragraph-255119\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Registered in the name of a volunteer fire <span class=\"dictionary\">department<\/span> or volunteer emergency medical services agency not operated for profit; <a id=\"paragraph-255120\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Registered to any member of the Mattaponi, Pamunkey, or Chickahominy Indian tribes or any other recognized Indian tribe of the Commonwealth living on the tribal reservation; <a id=\"paragraph-255121\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Transferred incidental to repossession under a recorded <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> and ownership is transferred to the lienholder; <a id=\"paragraph-255122\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> A manufactured home permanently attached to real estate and included in the <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> of real estate; <a id=\"paragraph-255123\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> A gift to the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the transferor. With the exception of a gift to a spouse, this exemption shall not apply to any unpaid obligation assumed by the transferee incidental to the transfer; <a id=\"paragraph-255124\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"8\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">8.<\/span> Transferred from an individual or partnership to a corporation or limited liability company or from a corporation or limited liability company to an individual or partnership if the transfer is incidental to the formation, organization or dissolution of a corporation or limited liability company in which the individual or partnership holds the majority interest; <a id=\"paragraph-255125\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#8\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"9\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">9.<\/span> Transferred from a wholly owned subsidiary to the parent corporation or from the parent corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary; <a id=\"paragraph-255126\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#9\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"10\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">10.<\/span> Being registered for the first time in the Commonwealth and the applicant holds a valid, assignable title or registration issued to him by another state or a branch of the United States Armed Forces and (i) has owned the vehicle for longer than 12 months or (ii) has owned the vehicle for less than 12 months and provides <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> tax paid to another state. However, when a vehicle has been purchased by the applicant within the last 12 months and the applicant is unable to provide <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> tax paid to another state, the applicant shall pay the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> tax based on the fair market value of the vehicle at the time of registration in Virginia; <a id=\"paragraph-255127\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#10\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"11\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">11.<\/span> a. Titled in a Virginia or non-Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> dealer&#8217;s name for resale; or\n\t\t\tb. Titled in the name of an <span class=\"dictionary\">automotive manufacturer<\/span> having its <span class=\"dictionary\">headquarters<\/span> in Virginia, except for any commercially leased vehicle that is not described under subdivision 3 of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Titling and registration of company vehicles of automotive manufacturers\" href=\"\/46.2-602.2\/\">46.2-602.2<\/a>. For purposes of this subdivision, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">automotive manufacturer<\/span>&#8221; and &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">headquarters<\/span>&#8221; means the same as such terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Titling and registration of company vehicles of automotive manufacturers\" href=\"\/46.2-602.2\/\">46.2-602.2<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-255128\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#11\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"12\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">12.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to an urban or suburban bus line the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance of less than 40 miles, one way, on the same day; <a id=\"paragraph-255129\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#12\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"13\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">13.<\/span> Purchased in the Commonwealth by a nonresident and a Virginia title is issued for the sole purpose of recording a <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> against the vehicle if the vehicle will be registered in a state other than Virginia; <a id=\"paragraph-255130\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#13\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"14\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">14.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> designed for the transportation of 10 or more passengers, purchased by and for the use of a church conducted not for profit; <a id=\"paragraph-255131\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#14\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"15\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">15.<\/span> Loaned or leased to a private nonprofit institution of learning, for the sole purpose of use in the instruction of driver&#8217;s education when such education is a part of such school&#8217;s curriculum for full-time students; <a id=\"paragraph-255132\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#15\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"16\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">16.<\/span> Sold to an insurance company or local government group self-insurance pool, created pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Group self-insurance pools authorized\" href=\"\/15.2-2703\/\">15.2-2703<\/a>, for the sole purpose of <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> when such company or pool has paid the registered owner of such vehicle a total loss claim; <a id=\"paragraph-255133\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#16\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"17\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">17.<\/span> Owned and used for personal or official purposes by accredited consular or diplomatic officers of foreign governments, their employees or agents, and members of their families, if such persons are nationals of the state by which they are appointed and are not citizens of the United States; <a id=\"paragraph-255134\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#17\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"18\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">18.<\/span> A self-contained mobile computerized axial tomography scanner sold to, rented or used by a nonprofit hospital or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; <a id=\"paragraph-255135\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#18\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"19\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">19.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to a restricted common carrier or common carrier of passengers; <a id=\"paragraph-255136\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#19\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"20\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">20.<\/span> Beginning July 1, 1989, a self-contained mobile unit designed exclusively for human diagnostic or therapeutic service, sold to, rented to, or used by a nonprofit hospital, or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a nonprofit corporation as defined in &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, established for research in, diagnosis of, or therapy for human ailments; <a id=\"paragraph-255137\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#20\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"21\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">21.<\/span> Transferred, as a gift or through a <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> to an organization exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> is not titled and tagged for use by such organization; <a id=\"paragraph-255138\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#21\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"22\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">22.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> sold to an organization which is exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized for the primary purpose of distributing food, clothing, medicines, and other necessities of life to, and providing shelter for, needy persons in the United States and throughout the world; <a id=\"paragraph-255139\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#22\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"23\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">23.<\/span> Transferred to the trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the individual titleholder of a Virginia titled <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries of the trust may also be named in the trust instrument, when no consideration has passed between the titleholder and the beneficiaries; and transferred to the original titleholder from the trustees holding title to the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-255140\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#23\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"24\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">24.<\/span> Transferred to trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the owners of the vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, or transferred by trustees of such a trust to beneficiaries of the trust following the death of the grantor, when no consideration has passed between the grantor and the beneficiaries in either case; <a id=\"paragraph-255141\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#24\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"25\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">25.<\/span> Sold by a vehicle&#8217;s lessor to its lessee upon the expiration of the term of the vehicle&#8217;s lease, if the lessee is a natural person and this natural person has paid the tax levied pursuant to this chapter with respect to the vehicle when he leased it from the lessor, and if the lessee presents an original copy of the lease upon request of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicles<\/span> or other <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> that the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> tax has been paid to the Commonwealth by the lessee purchasing the vehicle; <a id=\"paragraph-255142\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#25\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"26\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">26.<\/span> Titled in the name of a deceased person and transferred to the spouse or heir, or under the will, of such deceased person; <a id=\"paragraph-255143\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#26\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"27\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">27.<\/span> An all-terrain vehicle, moped, or off-road motorcycle, as those terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/46.2-100\/\">46.2-100<\/a>, that:\n\t\t\ta. Is being titled for the first time in the Commonwealth and that the applicant (i) has owned for more than 12 months or (ii) has owned for less than 12 months and provides <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of tax paid pursuant to Chapter 6 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/58.1-600\/\">58.1-600<\/a> et seq.); or\n\t\t\tb. Would otherwise be eligible for an agricultural exemption, as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Agricultural exemptions\" href=\"\/58.1-609.2\/\">58.1-609.2<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-255144\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#27\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"28\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">28.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> that is sold to an organization that is exempt from taxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is primarily used by the organization to transport to markets for <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> produce that is (i) produced by local farmers and (ii) sold by such farmers to the organization; <a id=\"paragraph-255145\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#28\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"29\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">29.<\/span> Transferred from the purchaser of the vehicle back to the seller of the vehicle who (i) accepted the vehicle pursuant to the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicle<\/span> Warranty Enforcement Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/59.1-207.9\/\">59.1-207.9<\/a> et seq.) or (ii) otherwise agreed to accept the return of the vehicle due to a mechanical defect or failure and refunded to the purchaser the purchase price of the vehicle. Except when the return of the vehicle is pursuant to the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicle<\/span> Warranty Enforcement Act, the transfer shall occur within 45 days of the date of purchase; or <a id=\"paragraph-255146\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#29\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"30\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">30.<\/span> Any pickup or <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> truck or sport utility vehicle for which the owner is required to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Permanent farm use placards\" href=\"\/46.2-684.2\/\">46.2-684.2<\/a>. However, the tax as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Contingent effective date) Levy\" href=\"\/58.1-2402\/\">58.1-2402<\/a> shall be imposed upon such vehicle based upon the current market value from the time such vehicle is (i) registered for a nonexempt use as required by &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Owner to secure registration and certificate of title or certificate of ownership\" href=\"\/46.2-600\/\">46.2-600<\/a> or (ii) sold to a person who does not qualify for an exemption pursuant to this section. <a id=\"paragraph-255147\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2403\/#30\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 58.1-2403)\n\nNo tax shall be imposed as provided in \u00a7 58.1-2402 if the vehicle is:\n\n1. Sold to or used by the United States government or any governmental agency\nthereof;\n\n2. Sold to or used by the Commonwealth of Virginia or any political subdivision\nthereof;\n\n3. Registered in the name of a volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency\nmedical services agency not operated for profit;\n\n4. Registered to any member of the Mattaponi, Pamunkey, or Chickahominy Indian\ntribes or any other recognized Indian tribe of the Commonwealth living on the\ntribal reservation;\n\n5. Transferred incidental to repossession under a recorded lien and ownership is\ntransferred to the lienholder;\n\n6. A manufactured home permanently attached to real estate and included in the\nsale of real estate;\n\n7. A gift to the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the transferor. With the\nexception of a gift to a spouse, this exemption shall not apply to any unpaid\nobligation assumed by the transferee incidental to the transfer;\n\n8. Transferred from an individual or partnership to a corporation or limited\nliability company or from a corporation or limited liability company to an\nindividual or partnership if the transfer is incidental to the formation,\norganization or dissolution of a corporation or limited liability company in\nwhich the individual or partnership holds the majority interest;\n\n9. Transferred from a wholly owned subsidiary to the parent corporation or from\nthe parent corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary;\n\n10. Being registered for the first time in the Commonwealth and the applicant\nholds a valid, assignable title or registration issued to him by another state\nor a branch of the United States Armed Forces and (i) has owned the vehicle for\nlonger than 12 months or (ii) has owned the vehicle for less than 12 months and\nprovides evidence of a sales tax paid to another state. However, when a vehicle\nhas been purchased by the applicant within the last 12 months and the applicant\nis unable to provide evidence of a sales tax paid to another state, the\napplicant shall pay the Virginia sales tax based on the fair market value of the\nvehicle at the time of registration in Virginia;\n\n11. a. Titled in a Virginia or non-Virginia motor vehicle dealer&#8217;s name\nfor resale; or\n\t\t\tb. Titled in the name of an automotive manufacturer having its headquarters\nin Virginia, except for any commercially leased vehicle that is not described\nunder subdivision 3 of &#xA7; 46.2-602.2. For purposes of this subdivision,\n&#8220;automotive manufacturer&#8221; and &#8220;headquarters&#8221; means the\nsame as such terms are defined in &#xA7; 46.2-602.2;\n\n12. A motor vehicle having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to an\nurban or suburban bus line the majority of whose passengers use the buses for\ntraveling a distance of less than 40 miles, one way, on the same day;\n\n13. Purchased in the Commonwealth by a nonresident and a Virginia title is\nissued for the sole purpose of recording a lien against the vehicle if the\nvehicle will be registered in a state other than Virginia;\n\n14. A motor vehicle designed for the transportation of 10 or more passengers,\npurchased by and for the use of a church conducted not for profit;\n\n15. Loaned or leased to a private nonprofit institution of learning, for the\nsole purpose of use in the instruction of driver&#8217;s education when such\neducation is a part of such school&#8217;s curriculum for full-time students;\n\n16. Sold to an insurance company or local government group self-insurance pool,\ncreated pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-2703, for the sole purpose of disposition when\nsuch company or pool has paid the registered owner of such vehicle a total loss\nclaim;\n\n17. Owned and used for personal or official purposes by accredited consular or\ndiplomatic officers of foreign governments, their employees or agents, and\nmembers of their families, if such persons are nationals of the state by which\nthey are appointed and are not citizens of the United States;\n\n18. A self-contained mobile computerized axial tomography scanner sold to,\nrented or used by a nonprofit hospital or a cooperative hospital service\norganization as described in &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue\nCode;\n\n19. A motor vehicle having seats for more than seven passengers and sold to a\nrestricted common carrier or common carrier of passengers;\n\n20. Beginning July 1, 1989, a self-contained mobile unit designed exclusively\nfor human diagnostic or therapeutic service, sold to, rented to, or used by a\nnonprofit hospital, or a cooperative hospital service organization as described\nin &#xA7; 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a nonprofit\ncorporation as defined in &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,\nestablished for research in, diagnosis of, or therapy for human ailments;\n\n21. Transferred, as a gift or through a sale to an organization exempt from\ntaxation under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the motor\nvehicle is not titled and tagged for use by such organization;\n\n22. A motor vehicle sold to an organization which is exempt from taxation under\n&#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized for the\nprimary purpose of distributing food, clothing, medicines, and other necessities\nof life to, and providing shelter for, needy persons in the United States and\nthroughout the world;\n\n23. Transferred to the trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the\nindividual titleholder of a Virginia titled motor vehicle and the beneficiaries\nof the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries of\nthe trust may also be named in the trust instrument, when no consideration has\npassed between the titleholder and the beneficiaries; and transferred to the\noriginal titleholder from the trustees holding title to the motor vehicle;\n\n24. Transferred to trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the owners of\nthe vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless\nof whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, or\ntransferred by trustees of such a trust to beneficiaries of the trust following\nthe death of the grantor, when no consideration has passed between the grantor\nand the beneficiaries in either case;\n\n25. Sold by a vehicle&#8217;s lessor to its lessee upon the expiration of the\nterm of the vehicle&#8217;s lease, if the lessee is a natural person and this\nnatural person has paid the tax levied pursuant to this chapter with respect to\nthe vehicle when he leased it from the lessor, and if the lessee presents an\noriginal copy of the lease upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles or\nother evidence that the sales tax has been paid to the Commonwealth by the\nlessee purchasing the vehicle;\n\n26. Titled in the name of a deceased person and transferred to the spouse or\nheir, or under the will, of such deceased person;\n\n27. An all-terrain vehicle, moped, or off-road motorcycle, as those terms are\ndefined in &#xA7; 46.2-100, that:\n\t\t\ta. Is being titled for the first time in the Commonwealth and that the\napplicant (i) has owned for more than 12 months or (ii) has owned for less than\n12 months and provides evidence of tax paid pursuant to Chapter 6 (&#xA7;\n58.1-600 et seq.); or\n\t\t\tb. Would otherwise be eligible for an agricultural exemption, as provided in\n&#xA7; 58.1-609.2;\n\n28. A motor vehicle that is sold to an organization that is exempt from taxation\nunder &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is primarily used\nby the organization to transport to markets for sale produce that is (i)\nproduced by local farmers and (ii) sold by such farmers to the organization;\n\n29. Transferred from the purchaser of the vehicle back to the seller of the\nvehicle who (i) accepted the vehicle pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle\nWarranty Enforcement Act (&#xA7; 59.1-207.9 et seq.) or (ii) otherwise agreed to\naccept the return of the vehicle due to a mechanical defect or failure and\nrefunded to the purchaser the purchase price of the vehicle. Except when the\nreturn of the vehicle is pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty\nEnforcement Act, the transfer shall occur within 45 days of the date of\npurchase; or\n\n30. Any pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle for which the owner is\nrequired to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-684.2.\nHowever, the tax as provided in &#xA7; 58.1-2402 shall be imposed upon such\nvehicle based upon the current market value from the time such vehicle is (i)\nregistered for a nonexempt use as required by &#xA7; 46.2-600 or (ii) sold to a\nperson who does not qualify for an exemption pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 58-685.13, 58-685.13:1; 1966, c. 587; 1970, c. 409;\n1972, cc. 302, 680; 1973, c. 457; 1974, c. 477; 1976, c. 610; 1977, c. 537;\n1978, cc. 758, 766; 1982, c. 541; 1984, c. 675; 1988, c. 372; 1990, cc. 40, 849;\n1995, cc. 27, 247, 786; 1997, c. 283; 1998, c. 322; 1999, c. 77; 2000, cc. 576,\n602, 1027; 2002, c. 513; 2003, c. 278; 2005, cc. 246, 274; 2006, c. 604; 2007,\nc. 896; 2008, cc. 304, 753; 2009, cc. 864, 871; 2011, cc. 405, 639; 2012, cc.\n22, 111; 2013, c. 783; 2014, c. 243; 2015, cc. 159, 502, 503; 2017, c. 552;\n2018, cc. 838, 840; 2019, c. 52; 2023, cc. 85, 86.","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}}