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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59153</law_id><section_number>46.2-1551</section_number><catch_line>Use of dealer&amp;#8217;s license plates or temporary transport plates on certain vehicles traveling from one establishment to another for purpose of having special equipment installed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Dealers and Driver Training Schools</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Motor Vehicle Dealers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Dealer's License Plates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Use of dealer's and manufacturer's license plates, generally" href="/46.2-1550/">46.2-1550</a>, <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> or temporary transport plates may be <span class="dictionary">used</span> on <span class="dictionary">tractor trucks</span> or trucks for the purpose of delivering these <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> to another establishment for the purpose of having a fifth wheel, body, or any special permanently mounted equipment installed on the <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>, and for the purpose of returning the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> to the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> whose plates are attached to the <span class="dictionary">tractor truck</span> or truck whether or not the title to the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> has been retained by the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>, and no other license, permit, warrant, exemption card, or classification plate from any other agency of the Commonwealth shall be required under these circumstances. No other <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this section shall be applicable to the extent of the conflict. This section shall also apply to trips into the Commonwealth by a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> owned and operated outside the Commonwealth to an establishment within the Commonwealth and to the return trip of that <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> from the Commonwealth to another state, provided the <span class="dictionary">operator</span> of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> carries on his person when so operating a bill of sale for the fifth wheel, body, or special equipment.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 865, &#xA7; 46.1-550.5:9; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 712; 1995, cc. 767, 816.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
