                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUND OF FEES PAID (§ 46.2-688)

Any person holding a registration card and license plate or license plates with
decal who disposes of, elects not to use the vehicle for which it was issued on
the highways in the Commonwealth, or transfers another valid license plate to
the vehicle, may surrender, prior to the beginning of the registration period,
the license plates or license plates with decals and registration card or
provide other evidence of registration of the vehicle to the Commissioner with a
statement that the vehicle for which the license plate or license plate with
decal was issued has been disposed of, election has been made not to use the
vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth, or another valid license plate has
been transferred to the vehicle and request a refund of the fee paid. The
Commissioner shall retain five dollars of the fee to cover the costs incurred in
issuing the plates and processing the refund.
		The Commissioner shall refund to the applicant a proration, in six-month
increments, of the total cost of the registration and license plates or license
plates with decals if application for the refund is made when there are six or
more months remaining in the registration period. The Commissioner shall not
provide a refund when otherwise eligible if the applicant chooses not to return
the license plates to the Department. No charge or deduction shall be assessed
for any refund made under this subsection.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-94; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-97; 1972, c. 609; 1976, c.
339; 1977, c. 236; 1988, c. 704; 1989, c. 727; 2019, cc. 149, 193.