                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES IN ARLINGTON COUNTY (§ 46.2-754)

Arlington County may by ordinance require the owner of any motor vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer to obtain and display a license from the county
licensing authority designated by the ordinance. The ordinance may also require
that the license be obtained only after showing satisfactory evidence that all
personal property taxes on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have been
paid, and that any delinquent personal property taxes assessed or assessable
against the vehicle have been paid. The ordinance may also prohibit the display
of the license after its expiration date and may prescribe the form of the
license. This license requirement shall be imposed in such manner, on such
basis, for such period, and subject to proration for fractional periods of years
as the governing body requires.
		The situs for the imposition of the license requirement under the ordinance
shall be the locality in which the vehicle is normally garaged, stored, or
parked. If it cannot be determined where it is normally garaged, stored, or
parked, the situs shall be the domicile of its owner.
		The ordinance may provide that no motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may
be licensed by the county unless all fines owed by the owner of the vehicle for
violation of the county&#8217;s parking ordinances have been paid.
		The ordinance may provide that a violation of such ordinance constitutes a
misdemeanor the penalty for which shall not exceed that of a Class 4
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 451, § 46.1-65.2; 1989, c. 727.