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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86026</law_id><section_number>46.2-732</section_number><catch_line>Special license plates and decals for the deaf; fees</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="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="10">Special License Plates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>On receipt of an application, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> appropriately designed <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> to deaf persons. For purposes of this section, a deaf person shall be defined as a person who cannot hear and understand normal speech. The fee for these <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> shall be as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date) Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; weights used for computing fees; burden of proof" href="/46.2-694/">46.2-694</a>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall also <span class="dictionary">issue</span> to any deaf person a removable <span class="dictionary">decal</span>, to be used on any <span class="dictionary">passenger car</span>, <span class="dictionary">pickup or panel truck</span> operated by such person. The <span class="dictionary">decals</span> shall be of a design determined by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and shall be displayed in a manner determined by the <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> of State Police. A reasonable fee to be determined by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall be charged each person issued a <span class="dictionary">decal</span> under this section, but no fee shall be charged any person exempted from fees by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees" href="/46.2-739/">46.2-739</a>.
		It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a person described in this section to willfully and falsely represent himself as having the qualifications to obtain the special plates or <span class="dictionary">decal</span>.
		The provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Special license plates, generally" href="/46.2-725/">46.2-725</a> shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> issued under this section.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 74, &#xA7; 46.1-104.2; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
