{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-3-2a","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17A-3-2a","heading":"Registration of nonresident vehicles.","body":"(a) A nonresident vehicle is not required to be registered pursuant to §17A-3-2 of this code: Provided, That a nonresident vehicle may be registered in this state and be issued a West Virginia registration plate upon payment of all applicable fees to the division. For purposes of this subsection, the receipt and verification requirements of §17A-3-3a of this code do not apply.\n(b) For purposes of this section, “nonresident vehicle” means a vehicle titled in this state under the provisions of §17A-4-11 of this code, which is not intended to spend a majority of service time on West Virginia roads, owned by a business whose principal place of business is not in this state, that is not a common carrier, and that maintains a local, national, or international fleet of vehicles.\n(c) Nothing in this section subjects a nonresident vehicle to the inspection requirement set forth in §17A-16-4 of this code. A nonresident vehicle is not domiciled in any county in this state, and nothing in this section requires the imposition of personal property taxes within this state pursuant to §11-5-1 et seq. of this code.\n(d) The division may promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the provisions of §29A-3-15 of this code and may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to accomplish the provisions of this section.","path":["CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.","ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-2A/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:11Z","sha256":"bd2174d55c6dc26564647eebaab70ca641969f98cbe1d125adf6996a15527027","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-3-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-3-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}