46.2-649 - Certain vehicles required to show evidence of payment of taxes and of registration or exemption from registration with Department of Motor Vehicles.
§ 46.2-649. Certain vehicles required to show evidence of payment of taxesand of registration or exemption from registration with Department of MotorVehicles.
A. Before the Commissioner registers or reregisters any motor vehicle,trailer, or semitrailer under §§ 46.2-697, 46.2-698, 46.2-700 or § 46.2-703,the applicant shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner thatall state, local, and federal taxes levied on that motor vehicle, trailer, orsemitrailer have been paid and that the motor vehicle, trailer, orsemitrailer either (i) is registered with the Department as required by law,or (ii) is not required so to register.
B. The Commissioner, in consultation with local commissioners of the revenueand directors of finance, and with appropriate federal officials, byregulation shall provide for the kinds of evidence required to satisfy theprovisions of subsection A of this section.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) pickup trucks, (ii)panel trucks, or (iii) trucks having a registered gross weight less than33,000 pounds.
D. The State Corporation Commission may notify the Department that a motorcarrier (i) has not filed an annual report as required by § 58.1-2654 or (ii)has not paid taxes due as required by the State Corporation Commission. Uponreceiving the notice, the Department shall not register or reregister motorvehicles, trailers, or semitrailers owned by the motor carrier until suchrequirements have been met.
(1983, c. 515, § 46.1-153.1; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283; 2002, c. 47.)