Code of Virginia - Title 46.2 Motor Vehicles - Section 46.2-1257 Invalidation and re-issuance of organizational and permanent removable windshield placard...

§ 46.2-1257. Invalidation and re-issuance of organizational and permanent removable windshield placard...

A. Effective October 1, 1998, the Department shall mail a placard meeting the specifications set forth in §§ 46.2-1240 and 46.2-1259 to each organizational and permanent removable windshield placard holder. The Department shall instruct each organizational and permanent removable windshield placard holder to return by mail their existing placard to the Department by January 1, 1999. The Department shall conduct the exchange during a three-month period commencing October 1, 1998, and ceasing January 1, 1999.

B. The Department shall not require valid placard holders to obtain certification that they have a disability that limits or impairs their ability to walk in order to receive a placard meeting the specifications set forth in §§ 46.2-1240 and 46.2-1259.

C. All placards issued by the Department pursuant to this section shall bear the valid expiration date of the placard which is replaced by the Department.

D. Effective January 1, 1999, any organizational removable windshield placard or permanent removable windshield placard not meeting the specifications set forth under § 46.2-1240 shall be invalid. Any person attempting to use the disabled parking privileges provided by this chapter and displaying an invalid organizational or permanent removable windshield placard may be charged with a violation of § 46.2-1242, and any invalid placard shall be subject to confiscation pursuant to § 46.2-1255.

(1997, cc. 783, 904.)

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