Halifax County Vehicle License Fee Exemptions

Article XV of Chapter 20 of the Halifax County Code levies an annual local vehicle license fee on motor vehicles and semi-trailers "[e]xcept as provided in Code of Virginia, § 46.2-755" (section 20-800). The license year runs January 1 to December 31 (section 20-803), the fee is refundable when the vehicle is no longer owned at the start of the license year, and failure to pay is a class 4 misdemeanor with a fine of $25 to $250 (section 20-810). Section 20-801 sets the amount "as adopted by the board of supervisors and on file in the county administrator's office" - the county posts no fee schedule, and the adopted FY2027 budget books $1,100,000 of motor vehicle license revenue. The state bar in section 46.2-755(B) of the Code of Virginia prohibits a county license fee on the one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates and on the qualifying vehicles of former prisoners of war and Medal of Honor, Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipients, and section 20-800's own "except as provided" clause adopts that limit. A veteran who is billed one anyway should ask the Treasurer and cite section 46.2-755(B). The code names no veteran exemption of its own beyond the state bar.