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  • Farm Vehicles
    • Registered Farm Vehicles (F-tag)
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In Virginia, farmers have registration options for vehicles used on their farms. The type of plates or placard you choose to display on your vehicle determines how the vehicle may be used.

You may choose a(n):

  • Standard license plate (for registered, unrestricted use vehicles)
  • "F-tag" (for registered farm use vehicles)
  • Starting July 1, 2024:
    DMV-issued permanent farm use placard (for unregistered farm use panel trucks, pickup trucks or sport utility vehicles)

More information on the application process for permanent farm use placards will be available at a later date. 

Slow-moving Farm Vehicles

When operating a slow moving farm vehicle, you are required to use the slow moving vehicle sign. 

Farm tractors or self-propelled units of farm equipment designed to operate at speeds less than 25 miles per hour or normally operated at speeds no more than 25 miles per hour, must display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the vehicle when traveling on a public highway, regardless of the time of day or night. (Va. Code § 46.2-1081)

More Information

See the links before for requirements for operating registered (F-tag) and unregistered farm vehicles, including 

  • the upcoming permanent farm use placard requirement
  • information on the appropriate use of dyed and undyed diesel fuel

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