                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VEHICLES USED FOR AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PURPOSES (§ 46.2-665)

A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license
plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer,
or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on
lands owned or leased by the vehicle&#8217;s owner.

B. This exemption shall only apply to (i) pickup or panel trucks; (ii) sport
utility vehicles; (iii) vehicles other than pickup or panel trucks, sport
utility vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers having a gross vehicle weight rating
greater than 7,500 pounds; and (iv) trailers and semitrailers that are not
operated on or over any public highway in the Commonwealth for any purpose other
than:

   1. Crossing a highway;

   2. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles from one
   part of the owner&#8217;s land to another, irrespective of whether the tracts
   adjoin;

   3. Taking the vehicle or attached fixtures to and from a repair shop for
   repairs;

   4. Taking another vehicle exempt from registration under any provision of
   &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-664 through 46.2-668 or 46.2-672, or any part or
   subcomponent of such a vehicle, to or from a repair shop for repairs,
   including return trips;

   5. Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the
   purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm and incidental
   refuse from the farmer&#8217;s or his employee&#8217;s home;

   6. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles for the
   purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes,
   seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and returning; or

   7. Transporting the vehicle&#8217;s owner between his residence and the lands
   being used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.

C. The owner or lessee of a pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle
claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be required to
obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-684.2.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-45; 1950, p. 693; 1952, c. 498; 1956, cc. 292, 568;
1958, c. 541, § 46.1-45; 1962, cc. 214, 535; 1964, c. 611; 1966, c. 654; 1968,
c. 46; 1970, c. 192; 1972, c. 609; 1973, c. 495; 1978, c. 307; 1988, cc. 76,
568; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 253; 2000, c. 318; 2001, c. 327; 2010, c. 293; 2012,
c. 174; 2013, c. 776; 2016, c. 142; 2017, c. 538; 2020, c. 781; 2022, cc. 51,
52; 2023, cc. 85, 86.