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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364849,"identifier":"46.2-1187.3","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1187.3","url":"\/46.2-1187.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1187.3\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1187.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicles used for investigations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1187.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Motor vehicles<\/span> owned by the Commonwealth and used solely for investigations pursuant to this article may be issued the same <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> as those issued for vehicles owned by private citizens. The Executive <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall certify under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicles<\/span> the vehicles to be used solely for such investigations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLES USED FOR INVESTIGATIONS (\u00a7 46.2-1187.3)\n\nMotor vehicles owned by the Commonwealth and used solely for investigations\npursuant to this article may be issued the same license plates as those issued\nfor vehicles owned by private citizens. The Executive Director shall certify\nunder oath to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles the vehicles\nto be used solely for such investigations.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 531.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}