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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66122</law_id><section_number>58.1-2404</section_number><catch_line>Time for payment of tax on sale or use of a motor vehicle</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="24">Virginia Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The tax on the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> or use of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> shall be paid by the purchaser or user of such <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> and collected by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> at the time the owner applies to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span> for, and obtains, a certificate of title. No tax shall be levied or collected under this chapter upon the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> or use of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> for which no certificate of title is required by this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-685.14; 1966, c. 587; 1974, c. 477; 1984, c. 675; 2011, cc. 405, 639.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
