2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-731 - Disabled parking license plates; owners of vehicles specially equipped and used to transport person...

46.2-731. Disabled parking license plates; owners of vehicles speciallyequipped and used to transport persons with disabilities; fees.

On receipt of an application, the Commissioner shall issue appropriatelydesigned disabled parking license plates to persons with physicaldisabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk or that create aconcern for his safety while walking or to the parents or legal guardians ofsuch persons. The Commissioner shall request that the application beaccompanied by a certification of a licensed physician that the applicantmeets the definition of "person with a disability that limits or impairs hisability to walk" contained in 46.2-1240. The issuance of a disabledparking license plate shall not preclude the issuance of a permanentremovable windshield placard.

On application of an organization, the Commissioner shall issue disabledparking license plates for vehicles registered in the applicant's name if thevehicles are primarily used to transport persons with disabilities. Theapplication shall include a certification by the applicant, under criteriadetermined by the Commissioner, that the vehicle is primarily used totransport persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability towalk, as defined in 46.2-1240.

The fee for the issuance of a disabled parking license plate under thissection may not exceed the fee charged for a similar license plate for thesame class vehicle.

(1972, c. 473, 46.1-104.1; 1973, c. 182; 1974, cc. 46, 410; 1976, cc. 410,460; 1978, cc. 185, 605; 1982, c. 88; 1983, c. 38; 1986, c. 144; 1989, c.727; 1993, c. 566; 1994, cc. 225, 866; 1995, cc. 776, 805; 1997, cc. 783,904; 2004, c. 692.)