Virginia § 46.2-646.1 - Deactivation and reactivation of registration; fees
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-646.1 — Deactivation and reactivation of registration; fees, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.2-646.1. Deactivation and reactivation of registration; fees
A. The owner of a motor vehicle that has been registered in the Commonwealth may apply to the Commissioner to deactivate the registration of such vehicle. The owner of a motor vehicle who has voluntarily deactivated the vehicle's registration pursuant to this section shall not be required, with respect to such vehicle, to carry bodily injury liability insurance or property damage insurance.
It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle whose registration has been deactivated on any highway in the Commonwealth.
B. Any person having a motor vehicle for which registration has been deactivated under subsection A may apply to the Commissioner to reactivate the registration of such vehicle. Every applicant for reactivation of registration shall furnish the Commissioner with such evidence as is required under § 46.2-649 and shall execute and furnish to the Commissioner his certificate that the motor vehicle for which registration is to be reactivated is an insured motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-705, or that the Commissioner has issued to its owner, in accordance with § 46.2-368, a certificate of self-insurance applicable to the vehicle. The fee to be paid to the Department for the reactivation of a motor vehicle's registration shall be $10 unless the vehicle's registration has expired or the vehicle is registered under the International Registration Plan.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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