46.2-716. How license plates fastened to vehicle; altering appearance oflicense plates.
License Plate Cover Laws Virginia Beach
A. Every license plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle,trailer, or semitrailer to which it is assigned:
1. So as to prevent the plate from swinging,
Every license plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle,trailer, or semitrailer to which it is assigned: 1. So as to prevent the plate from swinging, 2.
Welcome to the official site of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, with quick access to driver and vehicle online transactions and information. Display of license plates. License plates assigned to a motor vehicle, other than a moped, motorcycle, autocycle, tractor truck, trailer, or semitrailer, or to persons licensed as motor vehicle dealers or transporters of unladen vehicles, shall be attached to the front and the rear of the vehicle. The standard Virginia license plate is white with blue lettering and features the state name at the top. The VA DMV also offers personalized plates and specialty plates. For detailed information, visit our Types of VA Specialty Plates and Applying for Specialty Plates in Virginia pages. Oct 14, 2012 - If you have a license plate frame or cover on your vehicle in Virginia, you're asking to be pulled over. My recommendation: ta.
2. In a position to be clearly visible, and
3. In a condition to be clearly legible.
B. No colored glass, colored plastic, bracket, holder, mounting, frame, orany other type of covering shall be placed, mounted, or installed on, around,or over any license plate if such glass, plastic, bracket, holder, mounting,frame, or other type of covering in any way alters or obscures (i) thealpha-numeric information, (ii) the color of the license plate, (iii) thename or abbreviated name of the state wherein the vehicle is registered, or(iv) any character or characters, decal, stamp, or other device indicatingthe month or year in which the vehicle's registration expires. No insignia,emblems, or trailer hitches or couplings shall be mounted in such a way as tohide or obscure any portion of the license plate or render any portion of thelicense plate illegible.
C. The Superintendent may make such regulations as he may deem advisable toenforce the proper mounting and securing of the license plate on the vehicle.
(Code 1950, 46-102; 1958, c. 541, 46.1-107; 1960, c. 119; 1986, c. 186;1989, c. 727; 2000, c. 258; 2001, c. 19; 2006, c. 549.)