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It has been modified 4 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 1974, chapter 477; in 1984, chapter 675; 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>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":255879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66122,"identifier":"58.1-2404","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2404","url":"\/58.1-2404\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-2404\/","token":"58.1\/II\/24\/58.1-2404","dublin_core":{"Title":"Time for payment of tax on sale or use of a motor vehicle","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-2404","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The tax on the <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> or use of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> shall be paid by the purchaser or user of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> and collected by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> at the time the owner applies to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicles<\/span> for, and obtains, a certificate of title. 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No tax shall be levied or collected under this chapter\nupon the sale or use of a motor vehicle for which no certificate of title is\nrequired by this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-685.14; 1966, c. 587; 1974, c. 477; 1984, c. 675;\n2011, cc. 405, 639.","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}}