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CHAPTER 579 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-310 and 46.2-692 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles. [H 780] Approved April 7, 2000

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 8.01-310 and 46.2-692 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-310. How service made on Commissioner and Secretary; appointment binding.

A. Service of process on either the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles as authorized under § 8.01-308 or on the Secretary of the Commonwealth as authorized under § 8.01-309, shall be made by leaving a copy of such process together with a the fee of fifteen dollars for service of process on parties, in the amount prescribed in § 2.1-71.2, for each party to be thus served, in the hands, or in the office, of such Commissioner or such Secretary and such service shall be sufficient upon the nonresident. All fees collected by the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

B. Appointment of the Commissioner or Secretary as attorney or agent for the service of process on a nonresident under § 8.01-308 or § 8.01-309 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the executor or other personal representative of such nonresident:

1. Where a nonresident has died before the commencement of an action against him regarding an accident or collision under § 8.01-308 or § 8.01-309 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the executor or other personal representative of such nonresident; or

2. Where a nonresident dies after the commencement of an action against him regarding an accident or collision under § 8.01-308 or § 8.01-309, the action shall continue and shall be irrevocable and binding upon his executor, administrator, or other personal representative with such additional notice of the pendency of the action as the court deems proper.

§ 46.2-692. Fee for replacement of lost, mutilated, or illegible indicia of titling and registration.

The fee for the replacement of license plates, decals, registration cards, or certificates of title which are lost, mutilated or illegible shall be as follows:

1. For a registration card, no charge any type of replacement or duplication of vehicle registration cards, International Registration Plan cab cards, registration cards for overload permits, or dealer registration cards, two dollars;

2. For a certificate of title, five dollars;

3. For license plates or license plates with decals, ten dollars;

4. For a license plate with decals issued for trailers, five dollars; and

5. For one or two decals, one dollar.