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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85594</law_id><section_number>46.2-1558</section_number><catch_line>Issuance of temporary license plates to dealers and vehicle owners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1558.1</reference><reference>46.2-707</reference></referred_to_by><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="6">Issuance of Temporary License Plates by Dealers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in this article, deliver temporary <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> designed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to any <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> licensed under this chapter who applies for at least 10 sets of plates and who encloses with his application a fee of $3 for each set applied for. The application shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <span class="dictionary">Dealers</span>, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in this article, may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> temporary <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> to <span class="dictionary">owners</span> of <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>. The <span class="dictionary">owners</span> shall comply with the provisions of this article and &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-705/">46.2-705</a>, <a class="law" title="Proof of insurance required of applicants for registration of motor vehicles; verification of insurance; suspension of driver's license, registration certificates, and license plates for certain violations" href="/46.2-706/">46.2-706</a> and <a class="law" title="Operation of uninsured vehicle; false evidence of insurance; penalty" href="/46.2-707/">46.2-707</a>. <span class="dictionary">Dealers</span> issuing temporary <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> may do so free of charge, but if they charge a fee for issuing temporary plates, the fee shall be no more than the fee charged the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> under this section.
		Display of a temporary <span class="dictionary">license plate</span> or plates on a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> shall subject the vehicle to the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When turn signals required; exceptions" href="/46.2-1038/">46.2-1038</a> and <a class="law" title="When safety glass required" href="/46.2-1056/">46.2-1056</a>.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 865, &#xA7; 46.1-550.5:16; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 631; 2012, cc. 215, 222; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
