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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76189</law_id><section_number>46.2-705</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-289.031</reference><reference>38.2-2205.1</reference><reference>46.2-108</reference><reference>46.2-1558</reference><reference>46.2-328.3</reference><reference>46.2-646.1</reference><reference>46.2-654.2</reference><reference>46.2-684.2</reference><reference>46.2-706</reference><reference>46.2-708</reference><reference>46.2-902.1</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="8">Verification of Motor Vehicle Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
		&#x201C;Motor vehicle&#x201D; means a vehicle capable of self-propulsion which is either (i) required to be titled and licensed and for which a license fee is required to be paid by its <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, or (ii) owned by or assigned to a motor vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or dealer licensed in the Commonwealth. For the purposes of this article, &#x201C;motor vehicle&#x201D; does not include &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">moped</span>&#x201D; as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-100/">46.2-100</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Insured motor vehicle</span>&#x201D; means a motor vehicle as to which there is bodily injury liability insurance and property damage liability insurance, both in the amounts specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>, issued by an insurance carrier authorized to do business in the Commonwealth, or as to which a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> has been given or cash or securities delivered in lieu of the insurance; or as to which the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> has qualified as a self-insurer in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certificate of self-insurance exempts from chapter" href="/46.2-368/">46.2-368</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Uninsured motor vehicle</span>&#x201D; means a motor vehicle as to which there is no such bodily injury liability insurance and property damage liability insurance, or no such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> has been given or cash or securities delivered in lieu thereof, or the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of which has not so qualified as a self-insurer.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 407, &#xA7; 46.1-167.2; 1960, c. 188; 1982, c. 638; 1988, c. 865; 1989, c. 727; 2013, c. 783.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
