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2013 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 46.2-665, 46.2-666, and 46.2-670 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-665. Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates and decals, or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner.
B. This exemption shall only apply to (i) pickup trucks,
(ii) or panel trucks, (iii) (ii) sport utility
vehicles, (iv) (iii) vehicles having a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and (v) (iv) trailers and
semitrailers that are not operated on or over any public highway in this
the Commonwealth for any purpose other than:
1. Crossing a highway;
2. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than
thirty 50 miles from one part of the owner's land to another, irrespective
of whether the tracts adjoin;
3. Taking the vehicle or attached fixtures to and from a repair shop for repairs;
4. Taking another vehicle exempt from registration under any
provision of §§ 46.2-664 through 46.2-668 or § 46.2-672, or any part or
subcomponent of such a vehicle, to or from a repair shop for repairs, including
return trips;
5. Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm; or
6. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than
thirty 50 miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for
agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or
animal feed and returning.
§ 46.2-666. Vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration
certificate, license plates, and decals, or pay a registration
fee prescribed for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer owned by the
owner or lessee of a farm and used by him on a seasonal basis in transporting
farm produce and livestock along public highways for a distance of no more than
thirty 50 miles or including the distance to the
nearest storage house, packing plant, or market, but in no event more than
fifty miles. The provisions of this section shall only apply to (i) pickup trucks,
(ii) or panel trucks, (iii) (ii) sport utility
vehicles, (iv) (iii) vehicles having a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and (v) (iv) trailers and
semitrailers.
§ 46.2-670. Vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport certain wood products.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration
certificate, license plates and decals, or pay a registration fee for any motor
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer owned by a farm owner when the vehicle is
operated or moved along a highway for no more than twenty miles between a
sawmill or sawmill site and his farm to transport sawdust, wood shavings, slab
wood, and other wood wastes. The provisions of this section shall only apply to
(i) pickup trucks, (ii) or panel trucks, (iii) (ii)
sport utility vehicles, (iv) (iii) vehicles having a gross
vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and (v) (iv)
trailers and semitrailers.