46.2-656 - Nonresident may operate temporarily without registration.
§ 46.2-656. Nonresident may operate temporarily without registration.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, a nonresident owner of apassenger car which has been registered for the current calendar year in thestate or country of which the owner is a resident and which at all times whenoperated in the Commonwealth displays the license plate or plates issued forsuch vehicle in the place of residence of such owner, may operate or permitthe operation of such passenger car within or partly within this Commonwealthfor a period of six months without registering the passenger car or payingany fees to the Commonwealth. If, however, at the expiration of such sixmonths the passenger car is still in the Commonwealth, its owner shall applyfor registration of the vehicle and shall pay a fee for such registrationbased on the time operation of the vehicle in the Commonwealth commenced.
(Code 1950, § 46-111; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-132; 1989, c. 727.)