CODE OF VIRGINIA VEHICLES TRANSPORTING OYSTER SHELLS (§ 46.2-680) No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle properly registered in Maryland and used for the purpose of hauling oyster shells for a distance of less than three miles on a public highway of this Commonwealth to navigable waters to be further transported by water to Maryland. HISTORY: 1974, c. 359, § 46.1-45.3; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142.