Chap. 201.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 20 and 21 of an Sct entitled
an act to revise, simplify, rearrange and consolidate into one act which shall
constitute and be designated and cited as The Motor Vehicle Code of Vir-
ginia, the various statutes of the Commonwealth, concerning the registration
and licensing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, the licensing of
chauffeurs, the collection of fees and disposition of funds collected, the opera-
tion of vehicles on the public roads, highways, streets, and alleys, the Divi-
sion of Motor Vehicles and the director of said division, the powers and
duties of said division and director, and the penalties for violations of the
provisions of certain such statutes; and to repeal all statutes and acts in con-
flict with the provisions of this act, approved March 26, 1932, in relation to
number plates for motor vehicles, and prescribing penalties for violations.

[H B 278]
Approved March 14, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sections
twenty and twenty-one of an act entitled an act to revise, simplify,
rearrange and consolidate into one act which shall constitute and be
designated and cited as The Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, the vari-
ous statutes of the Commonwealth, concerning the registration and
licensing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, the licensing of
chauffeurs, the collection of fees and disposition of funds collected,
the operation of vehicles on the public roads, highways, streets, and
alleys, the Division of Motor Vehicles and the director of said division,
the powers and duties of said division and director, and the penalties
for violations of the provisions of certain such statutes; and to repeal
all statutes and acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, approved
March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 20. Number plates to be furnished. (a) The division shall
also furnish to every owner whose motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer
shall be registered, one number plate for a motorcycle and two number
plates for every other motor vehicle, semi-trailer and trailer. One of
the license plates for trailers, semi-trailers, commercial vehicles and
trucks, other than license plates for dealers, may be of such design as
to prevent removal without mutilating some part of the indicia forming
a part of the plate, when secured to the rear bracket, and the division
shall furnish appropriate securing means to be used in connection with
said plate. The division is further authorized, at its discretion, to extend
the use of said license plates and securing means therefor to other
classes of motor vehicles.

(b) Every number plate shall have displayed upon it the registration
number assigned to the motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer and to the
owner thereof, also the name of this State, which may be abbreviated,
and the year for which it is issued. Such plate and the required letters
and numerals thereon, except the year for which issued, shall be of
sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of one hundred
feet during daylight.

(c) Every registration or license number plate so issued by the
division shall remain the property of the division and shall be subject
to be revoked, cancelled and repossessed by the division at any time
as in this act provided.
Section 21. Display of number plates——(a) Number plates assigned
to a trailer, or semi-trailer and to a motor vehicle, other than a motor-
cycle, shall be attached to such trailer, semi-trailer or motor vehicle,
one in front and the other in the rear. The number plate assigned to a
motorcycle shall be attached to the rear thereof. Number plates shall
be so displayed during the current registration year.

(b) Every number plate shall at all times be securely fastened to
the motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer to which it is assigned, so as
to prevent the plate from swinging and at a height not less than twelve
inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a
position to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from foreign
materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.

(c) The division is hereby authorized to make such rules and
regulations as it may deem advisable to enforce proper mounting and
securing of the said license plate on the vehicle.