                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMBINATIONS OF TRACTOR TRUCKS AND SEMITRAILERS; FIVE-YEAR REGISTRATION OF
CERTAIN TRAILER FLEETS (§ 46.2-701)

A. Each vehicle of a combination of a truck or tractor truck and a trailer or
semitrailer shall be registered as a separate vehicle, and separate vehicle
license plates shall be issued for each vehicle, but, for the purpose of
determining the gross weight group into which any vehicle falls pursuant to
&#xA7; 46.2-697, the combination of vehicles of which such vehicle constitutes a
part shall be considered a unit, and the aggregate gross weight of the entire
combination shall determine the gross weight group. The fee for the registration
card and license plates for a trailer or semitrailer constituting a part of the
combination shall be as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-694.1.

B. In determining the fee to be paid for the registration of a truck or tractor
truck constituting a part of such combination the fee shall be assessed on the
total gross weight and the fee per 1,000 pounds applicable to the gross weight
of the combination when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is
registered and licensed.

C. Existing five-year registrations for fleets of fifty or more trailers
previously issued under this section shall remain valid through the five-year
period, but shall not be renewable.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-165; 1950, p. 249; 1956, c. 477; 1958, c. 541, §
46.1-157; 1964, c. 218; 1979, cc. 61, 244; 1982, c. 157; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c.
283.