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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81820</law_id><section_number>46.2-673</section_number><catch_line>Return trips of exempted farm vehicles</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1088.5</reference><reference>46.2-684.2</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="6">Exemptions from Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, <span class="dictionary">license plates</span>, or <span class="dictionary">decals</span> for or pay a registration fee for any farm <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> exempted from registration under the provisions of this article when that <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Making a return trip from any marketplace; <a id="paragraph-293141" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-673/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Transporting back to a farm ordinary and essential food, including procuring a meal for a farmer or his employees, and other products for home and farm use while engaged in activities allowed in this chapter; or <a id="paragraph-293142" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-673/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Transporting supplies to the farm.
			The <span class="dictionary">owner</span> or lessee of a <span class="dictionary">pickup or panel truck</span> or sport <span class="dictionary">utility vehicle</span> claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be 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>. <a id="paragraph-293143" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-673/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-45; 1950, p. 693; 1952, c. 498; 1956, cc. 292, 568; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-45; 1962, cc. 214, 535; 1964, c. 611; 1966, c. 654; 1968, c. 46; 1970, c. 192; 1972, c. 609; 1973, c. 495; 1978, c. 307; 1988, cc. 76, 568; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142; 2022, cc. 51, 52; 2023, cc. 85, 86.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
