                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VEHICLES USED BY COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN (§ 46.2-674)

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,
boat trailer, or semitrailer, or any combination thereof not having a gross
vehicle weight exceeding 12,000 pounds used by commercial fishermen, their
agents, or employees for the purpose of:

1. Transporting boats or other equipment used in commercial fishing no more than
50 miles between his place of residence or business and the waters within the
territorial limits of the Commonwealth or the adjacent marginal seas;

2. Any return trip to his place of residence or business; or

3. Transporting harvested seafood no more than 50 miles between the place where
the seafood is first brought ashore and the transporter&#8217;s place of
business or the location of the seafood&#8217;s first point of sale.

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; 1997, c. 500; 2013, c. 777; 2016, c. 142.