                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR INCORRECT ADDRESS (§ 46.2-606)

A. Whenever any person who has applied for or obtained the registration or title
to a vehicle moves from the address shown in his application, registration card
or certificate of title, he shall notify the Department of his change of address
within 30 days.

B. The owner or lessee of any real property in the Commonwealth may notify the
Department if the address of such real property is used for the titling or
registration of a vehicle that does not belong to any owner, lessee, or resident
of such real property. The Department shall (i) attempt to notify the vehicle
owner of such report of an incorrect address on the vehicle registration or
certificate of title and (ii) conduct a search as authorized pursuant to
subsection C for an updated mailing address. If the Department is unable to
identify the correct address for the owner of such vehicle, the Department may
revoke the registration, registration card, license plates, and decals issued
for such vehicle.

C. The Department may contract with the United States Postal Service or an
authorized agent to use the National Change of Address System for the purpose of
obtaining current address information for a person whose name appears in
customer records maintained by the Department. If the Department receives
information from the National Change of Address System indicating that a person
whose name appears in a Department record has submitted a permanent change of
address to the Postal Service, the Department may then update its records with
the mailing address obtained from the National Change of Address System.

D. Anyone failing to comply with the provisions of subsection A may be charged a
fee of $5, to be used to cover the Department&#8217;s expenses. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provision of this subsection, no fee shall be imposed on any
person whose address is obtained from the National Change of Address System.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 347, § 46.1-52.1; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 943, 994; 2010, cc.
25, 55; 2025, c. 173.