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Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-1173 (2026)

Imitation or counterfeit inspection stickers

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No person shall make, issue, or knowingly use any imitation or counterfeit of an official safety inspection sticker.

No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any vehicle any safety inspection sticker knowing it to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle.

Code 1950, § 46-322.2; 1952, c. 466; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-326; 1989, c. 727.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2007–2017 · leading case: Moore v. Commonwealth, 640 S.E.2d 531 (Va. Ct. App. 2007).
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Moore v. Commonwealth, 640 S.E.2d 531 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 16× “Failure to comply with the annual inspection requirement constitutes a traffic infraction.”
Moore v. Com., 668 S.E.2d 150 (Va. 2008). · cites it 2× “2-1173 provides, in pertinent part: "No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any vehicle any safety inspection sticker knowing it to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle. " (Emphasis added.) JUSTICE LEMONS, with whom JUSTICE KINSER joins,…”
Jerry Lee Gibbs v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “Code § 46.2-1173 provides that “[n]o person shall make, issue, or knowingly use any imitation or counterfeit of an official safety -5- inspection sticker” and “[n]o person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any vehicle any safety inspection sticker knowing it…”
Alfred Lamar Diggs v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 5× “” Code § 46.2-1173. “Guilty knowledge . . .”
Robert Randolph Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “2d at 152; see Code § 46.2-1173 (providing that it is unlawful to “display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any vehicle any safety inspection sticker knowing it to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle”).”
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