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§ 46.2-1500. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 46.2-1501. General powers of Commissioner - The Commissioner shall promote the interest of the retail buyers...
§ 46.2-1502. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 767 and 816.
§ 46.2-1503. Motor Vehicle Dealer Board - A. The Motor Vehicle Dealer Board is hereby created. The...
§ 46.2-1503.1. Board to employ Executive Director - The Board shall employ an executive director who shall serve...
§ 46.2-1503.2. State Personnel and Public Procurement Acts not applicable - A. The Executive Director and all staff employed by the...
§ 46.2-1503.3. Motor Vehicle Dealer Board Fund; receipts; disbursements - The Motor Vehicle Dealer Board Fund is established as a...
§ 46.2-1503.4. General powers and duties of Board - The powers and duties of the Board shall include, but...
§ 46.2-1503.5. Biennial report - The Board shall submit a biennial report to the Governor...
§ 46.2-1504. Board's powers with respect to hearings under this chapter - The Board may, in hearings arising under this chapter, except...
§ 46.2-1505. Suit to enjoin violations - A. The Board, whenever it believes from evidence submitted to...
§ 46.2-1506. Regulations - The Board may promulgate regulations requiring persons licensed under this...
§ 46.2-1506.1. Additional training - The Board may promulgate regulations specifying additional training or conditions...
§ 46.2-1507. Penalties - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating...
§ 46.2-1508. Licenses required; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage...
§ 46.2-1508.1. Licensure of certain nonprofit organizations - A. Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)...
§ 46.2-1508.2. Display, parking, selling, advertising sale of certain used motor vehicles prohibited - A. 1. No owner or lessee of any real property...
§ 46.2-1509. Application for license or certificate of dealer registration - Application for license or certificate of dealer registration under this...
§ 46.2-1510. Dealers required to have established place of business - No license shall be issued to any motor vehicle dealer...
§ 46.2-1511. Dealer-operator to have certificate of qualification - A. No license shall be issued to any franchised motor...
§ 46.2-1512. Salesperson to have certificate of qualification - No license shall be issued to any motor vehicle salesperson...
§ 46.2-1513. Continued operation on loss of a dealer-operator holding certificate of qualification - Each dealer shall notify the Board in writing immediately when...
§ 46.2-1514. Action on applications; hearing on denial; denial for failure to have established place of business - The Board shall act on all applications for a license...
§ 46.2-1515. Location to be specified; display of license; change of location - The licenses of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, factory branches, distributors,...
§ 46.2-1516. Supplemental sales locations - The Board may issue a license for a licensed motor...
§ 46.2-1517. Changes in form of ownership, make, name - Any change in the form of ownership or the addition...
§ 46.2-1518. Display of salesperson's license; notice on termination - No salesperson shall be employed by more than one dealer,...
§ 46.2-1519. License and registration fees; additional to other licenses and fees required by law - A. The fee for each license and registration year or...
§ 46.2-1520. Collection of license and registration fees; payments from fund - All licensing and registration fees provided for in this chapter,...
§ 46.2-1521. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration - A. All licenses and certificates of registration issued under this...
§ 46.2-1522. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 478, effective April 8, 1994.
§ 46.2-1527.1. Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund established - A. All fees in this article shall be deposited in...
§ 46.2-1527.2. Bonding requirements for applicants for an original license - Before the Board shall issue to an applicant an original...
§ 46.2-1527.3. Recovery from Fund, generally - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, whenever any person...
§ 46.2-1527.4. Opportunity to intervene - Any action instituted by a person against a licensed or...
§ 46.2-1527.5. Limitations on recovery from Fund - The maximum claim of one judgment creditor against the Fund...
§ 46.2-1527.6. Assignment of claimant's rights to the Board; payment of claims - Subject to the provisions of this article and on the...
§ 46.2-1527.7. Revocation of license or certificate of registration on payment from the Fund - On payment by the Board to a claimant from the...
§ 46.2-1527.8. No waiver by the Board of disciplinary action against licensee or registrant - Nothing contained in this article shall limit the authority of...
§ 46.2-1527.9. Continuous bonding requirements for Fund nonparticipants - Applicants for a renewal of a motor vehicle dealer's license...
§ 46.2-1527.10. Recovery on bond - With respect to a motor vehicle dealer electing continuous bonding...
§ 46.2-1527.11. No waiver by the Board of disciplinary action against licensee or registrant - Nothing contained in this article shall limit the authority of...
§ 46.2-1528. Examination or audit of licensee; costs - The Board or authorized representatives of the Board may examine,...
§ 46.2-1529. Dealer records - All dealer records regarding employees; lists of vehicles in inventory...
§ 46.2-1529.1. Sales of used motor vehicles by dealers; disclosures; penalty - A. If, in any retail sale by a dealer of...
§ 46.2-1530. Buyer's order - A. Every motor vehicle dealer shall complete, in duplicate, a...
§ 46.2-1530.1. Purchaser's on-line systems filing fee; collection and remittance - Any dealer licensed under this chapter who uses a Department-approved...
§ 46.2-1530.2. Dealer's manual transaction fee; use in special fund - Every dealer licensed under this chapter shall pay to the...
§ 46.2-1531. Consignment vehicles; contract - Any motor vehicle dealer offering a vehicle for sale on...
§ 46.2-1532. Odometer disclosure; penalty - Every motor vehicle dealer shall comply with all requirements of...
§ 46.2-1532.1. Certain disclosures required by manufacturers and distributors - Motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors shall affix or cause to...
§ 46.2-1532.2. Certain disclosures required by motor vehicle manufacturers; motor vehicle recording devices - A. A manufacturer of a new vehicle sold or leased...
§ 46.2-1533. Business hours - Each motor vehicle dealer shall be open for business a...
§ 46.2-1533.1. Test driving vehicle; residence districts - A. For the purposes of this section, "test drive" means...
§ 46.2-1534. Signs - Each retail motor vehicle dealer's place of business shall be...
§ 46.2-1535. Advertisements - Unless the dealer is clearly identified by name, whenever any...
§ 46.2-1536. Coercing purchaser to provide insurance coverage on motor vehicle; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any dealer or salesperson or...
§ 46.2-1537. Prohibited solicitation and compensation - It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle dealer or...
§ 46.2-1538. Salesman selling for other than his employer prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle salesman licensed...
§ 46.2-1539. Inspection of vehicles required; penalty - No person required to be licensed as a dealer under...
§ 46.2-1539.1. Safety inspections or disclosure required before sale of certain trailers; penalty - Any trailer required by any provision of this title to...
§ 46.2-1540. Inspections prior to sale not required of certain sellers - The provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring inspection of...
§ 46.2-1541. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 767 and 816.
§ 46.2-1542. Temporary registration - A. Notwithstanding §§ 46.2-617 and 46.2-628, whenever a dealer licensed...
§ 46.2-1543. Use of old license plates and registration number on another vehicle - An owner who sells or transfers a registered motor vehicle...
§ 46.2-1544. Certificate of title for dealers; penalty - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every dealer shall...
§ 46.2-1545. Termination of business - No dealer, unless his license has been suspended, revoked, or...
§ 46.2-1545.1. Watercraft trailer dealers and watercraft trailers - For the purposes of this article: "Dealer" and "trailer dealer"...
§ 46.2-1545.2. Exclusion of transit buses, all-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles - Nothing in this article shall apply to transit buses as...
§ 46.2-1546. Registration of dealers; fees - Every manufacturer, distributor, or dealer, before he commences to operate...
§ 46.2-1547. License under this chapter prerequisite to receiving dealer's license plates; insurance required; Commissioner may revoke plates - No motor vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or dealer, unless licensed under...
§ 46.2-1548. Transferable license plates - In lieu of registering each vehicle of a type described...
§ 46.2-1549. Dealer's, manufacturer's, and distributor's license plates to distinguish between various types of dealers - The Commissioner shall provide for the issuance of appropriate franchised...
§ 46.2-1549.1. Dealer's promotional license plates - In addition to any other license plate authorized by this...
§ 46.2-1549.2. Special license plate combination - A. The Commissioner may issue, upon request of a licensed...
§ 46.2-1550. Use of dealer's and manufacturer's license plates, generally - A. Dealer's license plates may be used on vehicles in...
§ 46.2-1550.1. Use of dealer's license plates and temporary transport plates on certain vehicles - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1550, dealer's license plates or...
§ 46.2-1550.2. Issuance and use of temporary transport plates, generally - The Department, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth...
§ 46.2-1550.3. Alternative print-on-demand program for issuance of temporary transport license plates to dealers and vehicle owners - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1550.2, the Department may...
§ 46.2-1551. Use of dealer's license plates or temporary transport plates on certain vehicles traveling from one establishment to another for purpose of having special equipment installed - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1550, dealer's license plates or...
§ 46.2-1552. Use of dealer's license plates on newly purchased vehicles - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1550, any dealer who sells...
§ 46.2-1552.1. Use of dealer's license plates or temporary transport plates for demonstrating trucks or tractor trucks - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, dealer's license plates...
§ 46.2-1553. Operation without license plate prohibited - No manufacturer or distributor of or dealer in motor vehicles...
§ 46.2-1554. Movement by manufacturer to place of shipment or delivery - Any manufacturer of motor vehicles may operate or move or...
§ 46.2-1555. Movement by dealers to salesrooms - Any dealer in motor vehicles may operate or move, or...
§ 46.2-1556. Operation under foreign dealer's license - It shall be unlawful, except as provided for by reciprocal...
§ 46.2-1557. Use of certain foreign-registered motor vehicles in driver education programs - Dealer's license plates may be displayed on motor vehicles used...
§ 46.2-1557.1. Removal of plates by Department of Motor Vehicles investigators; cancellation; reissuance - If any Department of Motor Vehicles investigator finds that a...
§ 46.2-1557.2. Penalties for violations of article; service of summons - Notwithstanding § 46.2-1507, any person violating any of the provisions...
§ 46.2-1557.3. Exclusion of transit buses, all-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles - Nothing in this article shall apply to transit buses as...
§ 46.2-1557.4. Watercraft trailer dealers and watercraft trailers - For the purposes of this article: "Dealer" and "trailer dealer"...
§ 46.2-1558. Issuance of temporary license plates to dealers and vehicle owners - The Department may, subject to the limitations and conditions set...
§ 46.2-1558.1. Alternative print-on-demand program for issuance of temporary license plates to dealers and vehicle owners - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1558, the Department may...
§ 46.2-1559. Records to be kept by dealers; inspection - Every dealer who has applied for temporary license plates shall...
§ 46.2-1560. Application for temporary license plate - No dealer shall issue a temporary license plate except on...
§ 46.2-1561. To whom temporary plates shall not be issued; dealer to forward application for current titling and registration; misstatements and false information - No dealer shall issue, assign, transfer, or deliver temporary license...
§ 46.2-1562. Dealer to insert his name, date of issuance and expiration, make and identification number of vehicle - Every dealer who issues temporary license plates shall insert clearly...
§ 46.2-1563. Suspension of right of dealer to issue - The Commissioner, on determining that the provisions of this chapter...
§ 46.2-1564. Plates to be destroyed on expiration - Every person to whom temporary license plates have been issued...
§ 46.2-1565. When plates to expire; refunds or credit - Temporary license plates shall expire on the receipt of the...
§ 46.2-1565.1. Penalties - Any person violating any of the provisions of this article...
§ 46.2-1566. Filing of franchises - A. It shall be the responsibility of each motor vehicle...
§ 46.2-1567. Exemption of franchises from Retail Franchising Act - Franchises subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not...
§ 46.2-1568. Coercion of retail dealer by manufacturer or distributor with respect to retail installment sales contracts, extended service contracts or extended maintenance plans, financing, or leasing prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor,...
§ 46.2-1568.1. Discrimination by manufacturers or distributors prohibited - No manufacturer or distributor, or any officer, agent, or representative...
§ 46.2-1569. Other coercion of dealers; transfer, grant, succession to and cancellation of dealer franchises; delivery of vehicles, parts, and accessories - Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, it shall be...
§ 46.2-1569.1. Manufacturer or distributor right of first refusal - A. Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, in the...
§ 46.2-1570. Discontinuation of distributors - A. If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer...
§ 46.2-1571. Recall, warranty, maintenance and sales incentive obligations - A. Each motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor...
§ 46.2-1572. Operation of dealership by manufacturer - It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle manufacturer, factory...
§ 46.2-1572.1. Ownership of service facilities - A. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle manufacturer,...
§ 46.2-1572.2. Mediation of disputes - At any time before a hearing under this article is...
§ 46.2-1572.3. Waiver prohibited - No motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or...
§ 46.2-1572.4. Manufacturer or distributor use of performance standards - A. Any performance standard or program that is used by...
§ 46.2-1573. Hearings and other remedies; civil penalties - A. In every case of a hearing before the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-1573.01. Recovery of attorney's fees - Any party to a proceeding under § 46.2-1573 who is...
§ 46.2-1573.02. Limited right of dealers to sell new motor vehicles following termination of franchise - Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, a...
§ 46.2-1573.1. Late model and factory repurchase franchises - Franchised late model or factory repurchase motor vehicle dealers shall...
§ 46.2-1573.2. Filing of franchises - Each recreational vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or...
§ 46.2-1573.3. Exemption of franchises from Retail Franchising Act - Franchises subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not...
§ 46.2-1573.4. Coercion of retail dealer by manufacturer or distributor with respect to retail installment sales contracts prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.5. Other coercion of dealers; transfer, grant, succession to and cancellation of dealer franchises; delivery of recreational vehicles, parts, and accessories - It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.6. Manufacturer or distributor right of first refusal - Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, in the event...
§ 46.2-1573.7. Discontinuation of distributors - If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer or...
§ 46.2-1573.8. Warranty obligations - A. Each recreational vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor...
§ 46.2-1573.9. Operation of dealership by manufacturer - It shall be unlawful for any recreational vehicle manufacturer, factory...
§ 46.2-1573.10. Ownership of service facilities - It shall be unlawful for any recreational vehicle manufacturer, factory...
§ 46.2-1573.11. Hearings and other remedies; civil penalties - A. In every case of a hearing before the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-1573.12. Late model and factory repurchase franchises - Franchised late model or factory repurchase recreational vehicle dealers shall...
§ 46.2-1573.13. Watercraft trailer dealers and watercraft trailers - For the purposes of this article: "Dealer" and "trailer dealer"...
§ 46.2-1573.14. Trailer dealers filing of franchises - Each trailer manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or subsidiary...
§ 46.2-1573.15. Exemption of franchises from Retail Franchising Act - Franchises subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not...
§ 46.2-1573.16. Coercion of retail dealer by manufacturer or distributor with respect to retail installment sales contracts prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.17. Other coercion of dealers; transfer, grant, succession to and cancellation of dealer franchises; delivery of trailers, parts, and accessories - It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.18. Manufacturer or distributor right of first refusal - Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, in the event...
§ 46.2-1573.19. Discontinuation of distributors - If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer or...
§ 46.2-1573.20. Warranty obligations - A. Each trailer manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch...
§ 46.2-1573.21. Operation of dealership by manufacturer - It shall be unlawful for any trailer manufacturer, factory branch,...
§ 46.2-1573.22. Ownership of service facilities - It shall be unlawful for any trailer manufacturer, factory branch,...
§ 46.2-1573.23. Hearings and other remedies; civil penalties - A. In every case of a hearing before the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-1573.24. Late model and factory repurchase franchises - Franchised late model or factory repurchase trailer dealers shall have...
§ 46.2-1573.25. Motorcycle dealers filing of franchises - Except as otherwise provided in this section, each motorcycle manufacturer,...
§ 46.2-1573.26. Exemption of franchises from Retail Franchising Act - Franchises subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not...
§ 46.2-1573.27. Coercion of retail dealer by manufacturer or distributor with respect to retail installment sales contracts and extended warranties prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.28. Other coercion of dealers; transfer, grant, succession to and cancellation of dealer franchises; delivery of motorcycles, parts, and accessories - It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,...
§ 46.2-1573.29. When discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchise unfair - A discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement is...
§ 46.2-1573.30. Repurchase of vehicles, parts, and equipment in the event of involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchise agreement - A. In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or...
§ 46.2-1573.31. Manufacturer or distributor right of first refusal - Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, in the event...
§ 46.2-1573.32. Discontinuation of distributors - If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer or...
§ 46.2-1573.33. Warranty obligations - A. Each motorcycle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch...
§ 46.2-1573.34. Operation of dealership by manufacturer - It shall be unlawful for any motorcycle manufacturer, factory branch,...
§ 46.2-1573.35. Ownership of service facilities - It shall be unlawful for any motorcycle manufacturer, factory branch,...
§ 46.2-1573.36. Hearings and other remedies; civil penalties - A. In every case of a hearing before the Commissioner...
§ 46.2-1573.37. Late model and factory repurchase franchises - Franchised late model or factory repurchase motorcycle dealers shall have...
§ 46.2-1574. Acts of officers, directors, partners, and salespersons - If a licensee or registrant is a partnership or corporation,...
§ 46.2-1575. Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses or certificates of dealer registration or qualification - A license or certificate of dealer registration or qualification issued...
§ 46.2-1576. Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses or certificates of dealer registration or qualification; notice and hearing - A. Except as provided in § 46.2-1527.7 and subsections B...
§ 46.2-1577. Appeals from actions of the Board - Any person aggrieved by the action of the Board in...
§ 46.2-1578. Appeals to Court of Appeals; bond - Either party may appeal from the decision of the court...
§ 46.2-1579. Equitable remedies not impaired - The remedy at law provided by §§ 46.2-1577 and 46.2-1578...
§ 46.2-1580. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 706, cl. 2.
§ 46.2-1581. Regulated advertising practices - For purposes of this chapter, a violation of the following...
§ 46.2-1582. Enforcement; regulations - A. The Board may promulgate regulations reasonably necessary for enforcement...
§ 46.2-1583. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 46.2-1584. Recertification Notice - A. The Board shall transmit a recertification notice to the...
§ 46.2-1585. Recertification schedule - A. Independent dealer-operator certificates of qualification are valid for 24...
§ 46.2-1586. Recertification requirements - A. To become recertified, an independent dealer-operator shall (i) complete...
§ 46.2-1587. Course provider approval - A. The Board may approve a course provider, provided that:...
§ 46.2-1588. Course provider responsibilities - Approved course providers shall: 1. Provide to each participant who...
§ 46.2-1589. Fees - A. The recertification application fee shall be $50 for taking...