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No vehicle titled under this section shall be automatically eligible for antique motor vehicle license plates provided for in \u00a7 46.2-730.\n\nAny vehicle registered under this section shall be subject to vehicle safety inspections as provided for in Article 21 (\u00a7 46.2-1157 et seq.) of Chapter 10 and emissions inspections as provided for in Article 22 (\u00a7 46.2-1176 et seq.) of Chapter 10. Such vehicles shall meet such safety and emission requirements as established for the model year of which the vehicle is a replica.\n\nThe Department shall assign each such vehicle a new vehicle identification number, line-make, and model year, if required.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1362821,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the model year of vehicles constructed or assembled by multiple manufacturers or assemblers shall be the model year of which the vehicle is a replica. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0325\">325<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0393\">393<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":364801,"section_number":"46.2-1157","catch_line":"Inspection of motor vehicles required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1157\/"},{"id":364828,"section_number":"46.2-1176","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1176\/"},{"id":365978,"section_number":"46.2-730","catch_line":"License plates for antique motor vehicles and antique trailers; fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-730\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1453945,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365790,"identifier":"46.2-602.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.1","url":"\/46.2-602.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-602.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-602.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Titling and registration of replica vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-602.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the model year of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> constructed or assembled by multiple manufacturers or assemblers shall be the model year of which the vehicle is a replica. No vehicle titled under this section shall be driven more than 5,000 miles per year as shown by the vehicle&#8217;s odometer. No vehicle titled under this section shall be automatically eligible for <span class=\"dictionary\">antique motor vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"License plates for antique motor vehicles and antique trailers; fee\" href=\"\/46.2-730\/\">46.2-730<\/a>.<\/p><p>Any vehicle registered under this section shall be subject to vehicle safety inspections as provided for in Article 21 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Inspection of motor vehicles required\" href=\"\/46.2-1157\/\">46.2-1157<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 10 and emissions inspections as provided for in Article 22 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/46.2-1176\/\">46.2-1176<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 10. 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No vehicle titled under this section shall be\nautomatically eligible for antique motor vehicle license plates provided for in\n\u00a7 46.2-730.\n\nAny vehicle registered under this section shall be subject to vehicle safety\ninspections as provided for in Article 21 (\u00a7 46.2-1157 et seq.) of Chapter 10\nand emissions inspections as provided for in Article 22 (\u00a7 46.2-1176 et seq.)\nof Chapter 10. Such vehicles shall meet such safety and emission requirements as\nestablished for the model year of which the vehicle is a replica.\n\nThe Department shall assign each such vehicle a new vehicle identification\nnumber, line-make, and model year, if required.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 325, 393.","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"}}