§ 101-38.202-1 - In the District of Columbia.

(a) The District of Columbia Code, section 40-102(b)(2) requires the issuance of certificates of registration and identification tags, without charge, for all motor vehicles owned by the Government at the time the vehicle is registered or reregistered as prescribed in § 101-38.201.

(b) Government-owned or -leased motor vehicles registered in the District of Columbia under § 101-38.201-1 and displaying official U.S. Government tags may have the letter code designation prescribed in § 101-38.202-4 stenciled in the blank space beside the embossed numbers. The letter code designation, if used, is to be stenciled on the tag in such a manner that the size and color of the letters are the same as, or similar to, the embossed numbers.

(c) Official U.S. Government tags issued by the District of Columbia, may be transferred, after approval by the Director of Transportation of the District of Columbia, only to another Government-owned or -leased motor vehicle of the same executive agency operating that vehicle in the District of Columbia. Damaged or mutilated tags removed from vehicles operating in the District of Columbia shall be delivered to the District of Columbia, Department of Transportation for cancellation. Whenever motor vehicles regularly based or operated in the District of Columbia are transferred for operation in a field area, transferred to another agency, or removed from Government service, the official U.S. Government tags issued by the District of Columbia shall be removed and delivered to the District of Columbia, Department of Transportation for cancellation.