                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCALITIES AUTHORIZED TO LICENSE BICYCLES, ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLES,
MOPEDS, AND ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES; DISPOSITION OF
UNCLAIMED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLES, MOPEDS, AND ELECTRIC
PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES (§ 15.2-1720)

Any locality may, by ordinance, (i) provide for the public sale or donation to a
charitable organization of any bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility
device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped that has been in the
possession of the police or sheriff&#8217;s department, unclaimed, for more than
thirty days; (ii) require every resident owner of a bicycle, electric
power-assisted bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or moped to
obtain a license therefor and a license plate, tag, or adhesive license decal of
such design and material as the ordinance may prescribe, to be substantially
attached to the bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric
power-assisted bicycle, or moped; (iii) prescribe the license fee, the license
application forms and the license form; and (iv) prescribe penalties for
operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric
power-assisted bicycle, or moped on public roads or streets within the locality
without an attached license plate, tag, or adhesive decal. The ordinance shall
require the license plates, tags, or adhesive decals to be provided by and at
the cost of the locality. Any locality may provide that the license plates,
tags, or adhesive decals shall be valid for the life of the bicycles, electric
personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and
mopeds to which they are attached or for such other period as it may prescribe
and may prescribe such fee therefor as it may deem reasonable. When any town
license is required as provided for herein, the license shall be in lieu of any
license required by any county ordinance. Any bicycle, electric personal
assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped found and
delivered to the police or sheriff&#8217;s department by a private person that
thereafter remains unclaimed for thirty days after the final date of publication
as required herein may be given to the finder; however, the location and
description of the bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device,
electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped shall be published at least once a
week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the
locality. In addition, if there is a license, tag, or adhesive license decal
affixed to the bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or electric
power-assisted bicycle, or moped, the record owner shall be notified directly.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-554; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-133; 1968, c. 24; 1970, c.
285; 1975, c. 76; 1986, c. 52; 1994, c. 449; 1997, c. 587; 2001, c. 834; 2002,
c. 254; 2013, c. 783.