CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF OLD LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION NUMBER ON ANOTHER VEHICLE (§
46.2-1543)

An owner who sells or transfers a registered motor vehicle may have the license
plates and the registration number transferred to another vehicle titled in the
owner’s name according to the provisions of Chapter 6 (§ 46.2-600 et
seq.), which is in a like vehicle category as specified in § 46.2-694 and
requires an identical registration fee, on application to the Department
accompanied by a fee of $ 2 or, if the other vehicle requires a greater
registration fee than that for which the license plates were assigned, on the
payment of a fee of $ 2 and the amount of the difference in registration fees
between the two vehicles, all such transfers to be in accordance with the
regulations of the Department. All fees collected under this section shall be
paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a
special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department. For purposes of
this section, a motor vehicle dealer licensed by the Board may be authorized to
act as an agent of the Department for the purpose of receiving, processing, and
approving applications from its customers for assignment of license plates and
registration numbers pursuant to this section, using the forms and following the
procedures prescribed by the Department. The Commissioner, on determining that
the provisions of this section or the directions of the Department are not being
complied with by a dealer, may suspend, after a hearing, the authority of the
dealer to receive, process, and approve the assignment of license plates and
registration numbers pursuant to this section.The provisions of this section
shall also apply to watercraft trailers and watercraft trailer dealers.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 865, § 46.1-550.5:1.1; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816;
2015, c. 615.