                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECONSTRUCTED AND SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLES; INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS;
STORAGE OF UNLICENSED VEHICLES; USE (§ 46.2-734)

A. On receipt of an application therefor and written evidence that the applicant
is a hobbyist and is registering a reconstructed or specially constructed
vehicle built, reconstructed, restored, preserved, and maintained for historic
or hobby interest, the Commissioner shall issue to the applicant one special
license plate, which shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle.
			For the purposes of this section, &#8220;hobbyist&#8221; means the owner of
one or more reconstructed or specially constructed vehicles who collects,
purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of reconstructed or specially
constructed vehicles or parts thereof for his own use in order to build,
reconstruct, restore, preserve, and maintain a reconstructed or specially
constructed vehicle for historic or hobby interest.

B. These vehicles shall be titled according to their chassis numbers or, if no
chassis number exists, then by their motor serial numbers. The vehicles shall
meet inspection requirements applicable to the model year shown on the
registration certificate.

C. A hobbyist may store unlicensed, operable or inoperable, vehicles on his
property provided the vehicles and the outdoor storage area are maintained in
such a manner that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from
ordinary public view by a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery, billboards or
other appropriate means. The hobbyist shall, however, not be exempt from local
zoning ordinances governing the storage of these vehicles.

D. Vehicles registered under this section shall not be used for general
transportation purposes, including but not limited to daily travel to and from
the owner&#8217;s place of employment, but shall only be used (i) for
participation in hobbyist vehicle exhibits and similar limited-use events and
(ii) on the highways of the Commonwealth for the purpose of testing their
operation, obtaining repairs or maintenance, and transportation to and from
events as described in this subsection.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 159, § 46.1-53.1; 1989, c. 727; 2004, c. 678.