                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VEHICLES OWNED BY FARMERS AND USED TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN WOOD PRODUCTS (§
46.2-670)

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 owned by a farm owner when the vehicle is operated or moved along
a highway for no more than 75 miles between a sawmill or sawmill site and his
farm to transport sawdust, wood shavings, slab wood, and other wood wastes. The
provisions of this section 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. 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 § 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; 2010, c. 293; 2012, c. 174; 2013, c. 776; 2016, c. 142; 2017,
c. 538; 2022, cc. 51, 52; 2023, cc. 85, 86.