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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63815</law_id><section_number>46.2-613</section_number><catch_line>Infractions relating to registration, licensing, and certificates of title; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-69.48:1</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="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Titling and Registration, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall: <a id="paragraph-232501" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-613/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Operate, park, or permit the operation or parking of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, <span class="dictionary">trailer</span>, or <span class="dictionary">semitrailer</span> owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by him on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> unless (i) it is registered, (ii) a certificate of title therefor has been issued, and (iii) it has displayed on it the <span class="dictionary">license plate</span> or plates and <span class="dictionary">decal</span> or <span class="dictionary">decals</span>, if any, assigned to it by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for the current registration period, subject to the exemptions mentioned in Article 5 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reciprocity required" href="/46.2-655/">46.2-655</a> et seq.) and Article 6 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Temporary exemption for new resident operating vehicle registered in another state or country" href="/46.2-662/">46.2-662</a> et seq.). The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to the registration, licensing, and titling of <span class="dictionary">mopeds</span> on or after July 1, 2014. <a id="paragraph-232502" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-613/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Possess or use any registration card, <span class="dictionary">license plate</span>, or <span class="dictionary">decal</span> to which he is not entitled or knowingly permit the use of any registration card, <span class="dictionary">license plate</span>, or <span class="dictionary">decal</span> by anyone not entitled to it. <a id="paragraph-232503" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-613/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Willfully and intentionally violate the limitations imposed under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes" href="/46.2-665/">46.2-665</a>, <a class="law" title="Vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock" href="/46.2-666/">46.2-666</a>, and <a class="law" title="Vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport certain wood products" href="/46.2-670/">46.2-670</a> while operating an unregistered vehicle pursuant to the agricultural and horticultural exemptions allowed under those sections. A first violation of this subdivision shall constitute a <span class="dictionary">traffic infraction</span> punishable by a fine of not more than $250, and a second or subsequent violation of this subdivision shall constitute a <span class="dictionary">traffic infraction</span> punishable by a fine of $250. <a id="paragraph-232504" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-613/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For any <span class="dictionary">summons</span> issued for a violation of this section, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may, in its discretion, dismiss the <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, where proof of compliance with this section is provided to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> on or before the <span class="dictionary">court</span> date. <a id="paragraph-232505" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-613/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-63; 1950, p. 251; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-64; 1960, c. 79; 1972, c. 609; 1974, c. 400; 1975, c. 124; 1979, c. 620; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283; 1999, c. 212; 2002, c. 93; 2006, cc. 444, 472; 2013, c. 783; 2017, cc. 204, 670; 2018, c. 425; 2019, cc. 71, 79.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
