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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81980</law_id><section_number>58.1-2425</section_number><catch_line>(Contingent effective date &#x2014; see Acts 2013, c. 766) Disposition of revenues</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-1524</reference></referred_to_by><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>(For contingent expiration date &#x2014; see Acts 2019, c. 52, cl. 2) Funds collected hereunder by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall be forthwith paid into the state treasury. Except as otherwise provided in this section, these funds shall constitute special funds within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. Any balances remaining in these funds at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such funds shall accrue to these funds. The revenue so derived, after refunds have been deducted, is hereby allocated for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of highways and the regulation of traffic thereon and for no other purpose. However, (i) all funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter from manufactured homes, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-100/">46.2-100</a>, shall be distributed to the city, town, or county wherein such manufactured home is to be situated as a dwelling; (ii) all funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter from all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles, as those terms are defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-100/">46.2-100</a>, shall be distributed as follows: (a) an amount equal to a one percent tax shall be distributed in the same manner as the one percent local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> tax pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local sales taxes; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenue to each city or county entitled thereto" href="/58.1-605/">58.1-605</a>, except that this amount collected on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> by anyone other than a Virginia dealer or on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> outside of Virginia shall be distributed to the county or city in which the vehicle is used or stored for use; (b) an amount equal to a four percent tax shall be distributed in the same manner as the state <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and use tax pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of state sales and use tax revenue" href="/58.1-638/">58.1-638</a>, except that this amount collected on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> by anyone other than a Virginia dealer or on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> outside of Virginia shall be distributed to the county or city in which the vehicle is used or stored for use; and (c) an amount equal to a one percent tax shall be distributed in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection I of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of state sales and use tax revenue" href="/58.1-638/">58.1-638</a> for each all-terrain vehicle, moped, and off-road motorcycle subject to the additional tax within the Historic Triangle under subdivision A 1 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date) Levy" href="/58.1-2402/">58.1-2402</a>; and (iii) all remaining funds, after the collection costs of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span>, from the <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and use tax on <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> shall be distributed to and paid into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commonwealth Transportation Fund" href="/33.2-1524/">33.2-1524</a>.
		(For contingent effective date &#x2014; see Acts 2019, c. 52, cl. 2) Funds collected hereunder by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall be forthwith paid into the state treasury. Except as otherwise provided in this section, these funds shall constitute special funds within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. Any balances remaining in these funds at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such funds shall accrue to these funds. The revenue so derived, after refunds have been deducted, is hereby allocated for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of highways and the regulation of traffic thereon and for no other purpose. However, (i) all funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter from manufactured homes, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-100/">46.2-100</a>, shall be distributed to the city, town, or county wherein such manufactured home is to be situated as a dwelling; (ii) all funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter from all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles, as those terms are defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-100/">46.2-100</a>, shall be distributed as follows: (a) an amount equal to a one percent tax shall be distributed in the same manner as the one percent local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> tax pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local sales taxes; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenue to each city or county entitled thereto" href="/58.1-605/">58.1-605</a>, except that this amount collected on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> by anyone other than a Virginia dealer or on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> outside of Virginia shall be distributed to the county or city in which the vehicle is used or stored for use and (b) an amount equal to a four percent tax shall be distributed in the same manner as the state <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and use tax pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of state sales and use tax revenue" href="/58.1-638/">58.1-638</a>, except that this amount collected on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> by anyone other than a Virginia dealer or on <span class="dictionary">sales</span> outside of Virginia shall be distributed to the county or city in which the vehicle is used or stored for use; and (iii) all remaining funds, after the collection costs of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span>, from the <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and use tax on <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> shall be distributed to and paid into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commonwealth Transportation Fund" href="/33.2-1524/">33.2-1524</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-685.23; 1966, c. 587; 1976, c. 567; 1981, c. 145; 1984, c. 675; 1986, Sp. Sess., c. 11; 1987, c. 696; 1991, c. 323; 1997, cc. 283, 423, 853; 1998, cc. 905, 907; 1999, c. 77; 2004, c. 522; 2005, c. 323; 2007, c. 896; 2009, cc. 864, 871; 2011, cc. 405, 639; 2018, cc. 838, 840; 2019, c. 52; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
