Virginia Dealer Manual - Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

5.2 DLR 505-OBTAINING AN OWNER’S REGISTRATION CARD &
TRANSFERRING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED LICENSE PLATES
Virginia Dealer’s Manual
October 1, 2009
5.2.1 Applying to Transfer Vehicle License Plates
Your customer may want to trade in his/her old vehicle on a different one and retain the
current valid license plates. DMV allows owners to transfer plates for one vehicle to
another by completing a “transfer of license plates” transaction.
Note: This procedure uses the controlled VSA-14 “Application for Registration” use of
this form makes application to DMV to transfer plates, but it does not provide your
customer with a temporary registration card. You may use the controlled VSA-27
(Temporary Receipt) both to apply for transfer and to furnish your customer with a legal
temporary registration card, provided that:
a. your dealership stocks and issues the VSA-27
b. your customer meets the requirements
c. the required fee of $2.00 is collected unless there is a weight increase; then the fee
may be greater than $2.00
VEHICLE DEALER OR OWNER
When the vehicle owner (or dealer) applies to DMV to transfer license plates from one
vehicle to another, the owner or dealer must take the following steps:
a. Verify the owner(s) of the vehicle to which the plates are currently issued is also
the owner(s) of the vehicle to which the plates will be transferred.
b. Verify that the owner(s) has both license plates and all validation decals (if any)
which are currently issued.
c. If the owner(s) does not have both:
1) Complete form VSA-14.
2) Check the re-issue blocks and record the information which describes the
vehicle to which the plates are currently issued.
3) Verify the license series of the currently issued plate is correct for the
vehicle to which they will be transferred.
d. If the plates are incorrect for the vehicle:
1) Complete form VSA-14; checking the exchange block.
2) Record the information which describes the vehicle to which the plates are
currently issued.
3) Review application to determine type of license plates requested/chosen
by the applicant.
e. If the plates are correct for the vehicle, review the application to determine the
type of license plates requested/chosen by the applicant.
f. Check the transfer block.
g. Record the information which describes the vehicle to which the plates will be
transferred.
h. Calculate and collect fees as follows:
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