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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365857</law_id><section_number>46.2-645</section_number><catch_line>Registration of vehicles</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="3">Registration of Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall file each <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> registration application received and, when satisfied that the applicant is entitled to register the vehicle, shall register the vehicle.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-52; 1952, c. 536; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-54; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
