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Article 1. Words and Phrases Defined
§17A-1-1. Definitions - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following words...
Article 2. Division of Motor Vehicles
§17A-2-1. Department Continued - The department of the government of this state, known as...
§17A-2-2. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Office Created; Term; to Devote Entire Time to Duties - The department of motor vehicles shall be directed by an...
§17A-2-3. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Qualifications; Not to Hold Other Office - The commissioner at the time of his appointment and qualification...
§17A-2-4. Same -- Vacancy in Office - All vacancies in the office of the commissioner that occur...
§17A-2-5. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Oath and Bond - The commissioner before entering upon the duties of his office...
§17A-2-6. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Salary and Expenses - The commissioner shall receive a salary of $7,000F and the...
§17A-2-7. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Organization of Department; Assistants and Employees - The commissioner shall organize the department in such manner as...
§17A-2-8. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Office - The commissioner shall maintain an office in one of the...
§17A-2-9. Same -- Powers and Duties; Rules; Seal - (a) The commissioner shall observe, administer and enforce the provisions...
§17A-2-10. Motor Vehicles Commissioner -- Reciprocal Agreements With Other States - The motor vehicle commissioner in cooperation with the State Auditor,...
§17A-2-10a. Same -- Authorizing the Entry of This State Intoreciprocal Proportional Registration Agreements; Payment of Taxes; Issuance of Registration Plates or Markers; Promulgation of Rules; Interagency Cooperation; Requirement That All Registrant... - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized and...
§17A-2-11. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Delegation of Powers and Duties - All powers and duties vested in the commissioner, except the...
§17A-2-12. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles -- Commissioner to Prescribe Forms - The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications,...
§17A-2-12a. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles — Commissioner Shall Prescribe Forms Providing for Veteran Contributions - (a) Notwithstanding §17A-2-12 of this code, the commissioner shall prescribe...
§17A-2-13. Authority to Administer Oaths and Certify Copies of Records; Information as to Registration - (a) Officers and employees of the division designated by the...
§17A-2-14. Destruction of Records - The commissioner may destroy any records of the division which...
§17A-2-15. Examination, Granting and Rejection of Applications - The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and...
§17A-2-16. Cancellation, Suspension, Seizure, etc., of Documents and Plates - The department is hereby authorized to take possession of any...
§17A-2-17. Distribution of Synopsis of Motor Vehicle Laws - The department shall prepare in pamphlet form a synopsis or...
§17A-2-18. Department May Summon Witnesses and Take Testimony - (a) The commissioner and officers of the department designated by...
§17A-2-19. Giving of Notice - (a) Whenever the division is authorized or required to give...
§17A-2-20. Legal Service Rendered Commissioner - It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of...
§17A-2-21. Motor Vehicle Fees Fund - Effective July 1, 2007, there is hereby created a special...
§17A-2-22. Administrative Expense - The expense of the administration of the motor vehicle department...
§17A-2-23. Worthless Checks Tendered for Fees and Taxes; Penalty - If a check tendered to the Division of Motor Vehicles...
§17A-2-25. Agreements With West Virginia Parkways Authority - The Division is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to enter...
§17A-2-26. Enrollment of Persons With Communication Disability - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Communication disability" has...
§17A-2-27. Form for Inclusion in Enrollment List With a Communication Disability - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Communication disability" means...
Article 2A. Uniform Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act
§17A-2A-1. Short Title - This act may be cited as the "Uniform Motor Vehicle...
§17A-2A-2. Statement of Intent and Purpose - The purpose of this article is to implement the federal...
§17A-2A-3. Definitions - As used in this article: (a) "Division" means the Division...
§17A-2A-4. Prohibition on Disclosure and Use of Personal Information From Motor Vehicles Records - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and...
§17A-2A-5. Required Disclosures - Personal information as defined in section three of this article...
§17A-2A-6. Disclosure With Consent - Personal information as defined in section three of this article...
§17A-2A-7. Permitted Disclosures - The division or its designee shall disclose personal information as...
§17A-2A-9. Fees - Any person making a request for disclosure of personal information...
§17A-2A-10. Additional Conditions - Prior to disclosing personal information the division may require the...
§17A-2A-11. Resale or Redisclosure - (a) An authorized recipient of personal information may resell or...
§17A-2A-12. Rules - The division may promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions...
§17A-2A-13. Penalty for False Representation - Any person who requests the disclosure of personal information from...
§17A-2A-14. Effective Date - This article shall take effect September 1, 1997.
Article 2B. Consolidation of the Regulation of the Motor Carrier Industry
§17A-2B-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose - (a) The Legislature finds that responsibility for delivery of government...
§17A-2B-2. Development of Plan of Consolidation of Government Services and Regulation Applicable to the Motor Carrier Industry - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the...
§17A-2B-3. Report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance - (a) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall submit to the...
Article 3. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title
§17A-3-1. Misdemeanor to Violate Provisions of Article; Penalty - (a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or...
§17A-3-1a. Registration of Vehicles of New Residents - (a) Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or other...
§17A-3-2. Every Motor Vehicle, etc., Subject to Registration and Certificate of Title Provisions; Exceptions - (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and recreational...
§17A-3-3. Application for Registration; Statement of Insurance or Other Proof of Security to Accompany Application; Criminal Penalties; Fees; Special Revolving Fund - Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under this...
§17A-3-3a. Payment of Personal Property Taxes and Emergency Ambulance Fees Prerequisite to Registration or Renewal; Duties of Assessors; Schedule of Automobile Values - (a) Certificates of registration and renewal of registration of any...
§17A-3-3b. Motor Vehicles Believed Illegally Unregistered; Assessor to Make Verification - If, on information and belief the assessor has reason to...
§17A-3-4. Application for Certificate of Title; Fees; Abolishing Privilege Tax; Prohibition of Issuance of Certificate of Title Without Compliance With Consumers Sales and Service Tax Provisions; Exceptions - (a) Certificates of registration of any vehicle or registration plates...
§17A-3-5. Application for Specially Constructed, Reconstructed or Foreign Vehicles or New Vehicles Purchased Outside This State - (a) In the event the vehicle to be registered is...
§17A-3-6. Temporary Permit Pending Registration and Certification - The department in its discretion may grant a temporary permit...
§17A-3-7. Grounds for Refusing Registration or Certificate of Title - The division shall refuse registration or issuance of a certificate...
§17A-3-8. Examination of Registration Records and Index of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles - The department, upon receiving application for original registration of a...
§17A-3-9. Act of Registration and Record Thereof; Registration Indexes - The department shall file each application received and when satisfied...
§17A-3-10. Division to Issue Registration Card; Duplicate to County Assessor - The division upon registering a vehicle, or an agent of...
§17A-3-11. Registration of Vehicles According to Permissible Gross Weight - The commissioner, upon registering any truck, truck tractor or road...
§17A-3-12. Commissioner to Issue Certificate of Title; Signatures on Certificate; Certificate of Title to Be Delivered to Owner or Lienor - (a) The commissioner, if satisfied that the applicant for a...
§17A-3-12a. Disclosure of Odometer Information; Exceptions; Penalties - (a) In accordance with the provisions of sections four hundred...
§17A-3-12b. Canceled Certificates of Title for Certain Mobile and Manufactured Homes; Reissuance of Certificates of Title; Procedure - (a) The commissioner may cancel a certificate of title for...
§17A-3-13. Registration Card to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand - Every registration card shall at all times be carried in...
§17A-3-14. Registration Plates Generally; Description of Plates; Issuance of Special Numbers and Plates; Registration Fees; Special Application Fees; Exemptions; Commissioner to Promulgate Forms; Suspension and Nonrenewal - (a) The division, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to...
§17A-3-15. Display of Registration Plates - (a) Registration plates issued for vehicles required to be registered...
§17A-3-16. Expiration of Registration and Certificates of Title - (a) Every vehicle registration under this chapter and every registration...
§17A-3-17. Application for and Renewal of Registration; Sheriffs Authorized to Issue Renewals of Registration for Certain Vehicles - (a) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be...
§17A-3-17a. Application for Registration; Certain Motor Vehicle Dealers Authorized to Issue Certificates of Registration for Certain Vehicles - The division may authorize a motor vehicle dealer as defined...
§17A-3-18. Notice of Change of Address or Name - (a) Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining...
§17A-3-19. Lost or Damaged Certificates, Cards and Plates - In the event any registration card or registration plate is...
§17A-3-20. Department May Assign New Identifying Numbers - The department may assign a distinguishing number to a motor...
§17A-3-21. Regulations Governing Change of Motors - The commissioner is authorized to adopt and enforce such registration...
§17A-3-22. Issuance and Distribution of Registration Bulletins - The commissioner shall annually, following a renewal of registration, compile...
§17A-3-23. Registration Plates to State, County, Municipal and Other Governmental Vehicles; Use for Undercover Activities - (a) Any motor vehicle designed to carry passengers, owned or...
§17A-3-24. Emergency Waiver of Registration and Licensing Requirements; Conditions and Limitations; Statement of Purpose; Length of Emergency Waiver Period; Promulgation of Rules - (a) The Governor may authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles...
§17A-3-25. State Vehicle Title, Registration and Relicensing Project of 2018; Emergency and Legislative Rules - (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the commissioner shall...
§17A-3-26. Enforcement; Report - Beginning January 1, 2019, any state vehicle in this state...
§17A-3-27. Compliance Audit - On or before December 31, 2019, the Legislative Auditor, in...
Article 3A. Vehicle Compliance With Federal Clean Air Standards and Vehicle Safety
§17A-3A-2. Consumer Disclosure - Before a motor vehicle not originally manufactured in accordance with...
§17A-3A-3. Certificates of Title - (a) Before any imported vehicle which has not previously been...
Article 4. Transfers of Title or Interest
§17A-4-1. Registration Expires on Transfer by Owner; Transfer, Surrender or Retention of Plates - Whenever the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns...
§17A-4-2. Endorsement of Certificate of Title Upon Transfer by Owner - Whenever the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns...
§17A-4-3. New Owner Must Secure Registration and Certificate of Title - The transferee before operating or permitting the operation of such...
§17A-4-4. Transfers to Dealers and Others - When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who...
§17A-4-5. Transfer by Operation of Law - Whenever the title or interest of an owner in or...
§17A-4-6. When Department to Register Vehicle and Issue New Certificate; File of Surrendered Certificates - The department upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of...
§17A-4-7. Release by Lienholder to Owner - A person holding a lien or encumbrance as shown upon...
§17A-4-8. Failure to Deliver Certificate a Misdemeanor - It is a misdemeanor for any person to fail or...
§17A-4-9. Owner After Transfer Not Liable for Negligent Operation - The owner of a motor vehicle who has made a...
§17A-4-10. Salvage Certificates for Certain Wrecked or Damaged Vehicles; Fee; Penalty - (a) In the event a motor vehicle is determined to...
Article 4A. Liens and Encumbrances on Vehicles to Be Shown on Certificate of Title; Notice to Creditors and Purchasers
§17A-4A-1. Certificate to Show Liens or Encumbrances - The division upon receiving an application for a certificate of...
§17A-4A-2. Liens and Encumbrances Subsequently Created - (a) Liens or encumbrances placed on vehicles by the voluntary...
§17A-4A-2a. Electronic Transfer of Liens - (a) Notwithstanding any requirement in this chapter that a lien...
§17A-4A-3. Notice of Lien; Noninventory Lien Created by Voluntary Act of the Owner Not Shown on Certificate of Title or Otherwise Perfected Void as to Subsequent Purchasers and Lien Creditors; Exceptions - (a) A certificate of title, when issued by the division...
§17A-4A-4. Purchase Money Lien or Encumbrance; Effective Date of Lien; Dealer to Record Lien; Fees - (a) A purchase money lien or encumbrance upon any vehicle...
§17A-4A-5. Priority of Liens Shown on Certificate - The liens shown upon a certificate of title issued by...
§17A-4A-6. Who to Hold Certificate of Title Subject to Lien; Transfer of Possession Upon Satisfaction of Lien; Assignment of Obligation by Lien Holder - The certificate of title of such vehicle shall be delivered...
§17A-4A-7. Release of Lien or Encumbrance Shown on Certificate of Title - An owner upon securing the release of any lien or...
§17A-4A-8. Failure to Execute Release or to Surrender Certificate When Lien Paid - It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for a...
§17A-4A-9. Levy of Execution, etc. - A levy made by virtue of an execution, fieri facias...
§17A-4A-10. Fee for Recording and Release of Lien - The Division of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized to charge...
§17A-4A-11. Article to Create No Cause of Action Against Lienor for Damage to Property or Injury to Person - The exercise by the lienor of the rights and privileges...
§17A-4A-12. Article Not to Apply to Certain Common-Law and Statutory Liens - The provisions of this article shall not be construed so...
§17A-4A-13. Article Not to Apply to Vehicle Accessories - The provisions of this article shall not apply to the...
§17A-4A-14. Effect of Article on Liens and Encumbrances Created in Transactions Consummated Before Vehicle Brought Into State and Subject to Registration and Titling in State - As to bona fide purchasers for value or lien creditors...
§17A-4A-15. Expiration of Lien or Encumbrance; Refiling - The filing of any lien or encumbrance and its recordation...
§17A-4A-16. Vehicle Leases Which Are Not Sales or Security Interests - In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any...
Article 5. Permits to Nonresident Owners
§17A-5-1. Exemptions From Registration of Nonresident Owners; Special Permit and Certificate in Lieu of Registration for Nonresidents Maintaining Temporary and Recurrent or Seasonal Residence in State - (a) A nonresident owner, except as otherwise provided in this...
Article 6. Licensing of Dealers and Wreckers or Dismantlers; Special Plates; Temporary Plates or Markers
§17A-6-1. Definitions - (a) Unless the context in which used clearly requires a...
§17A-6-1a. Unlawful to Be an Automobile Broker; Definition; Criminal Penalties - No person, except as provided below, shall arrange or offer...
§17A-6-1b. Dealers Authorized to Issue Motor Vehicle Registration - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the division...
§17A-6-2. Legislative Findings, Declaration of Public Policy and Dealer Recovery Fund - (a) The Legislature hereby determines and finds that in the...
§17A-6-2a. Dealer Recovery Fund Created - (a) There is hereby created a special fund in the...
§17A-6-3. License Certificate Required; Engaging in More Than One Business; Established Place of Business Required; Civil Penalties - (a) No person shall engage or represent or advertise that...
§17A-6-4. Application for License Certificate; Insurance; Bonds; Investigation; Information Confidential - (a) Application for any license certificate required by section three...
§17A-6-5. License Certificate Exemption - (a) Any new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer,...
§17A-6-5a. Reciprocity for Out-of-State Dealers; Establishing Violations of This Section as Misdemeanor Offense; Mandating That the Commissioner Propose or Amend Legislative Rules - (a) The division may permit a vehicle dealer licensed in...
§17A-6-6. Refusal or Issuance of License Certificate; License Certificate Not Transferable - (a) Upon the review of the application and all other...
§17A-6-7. When Application to Be Made; Expiration of License Certificate; Renewal - (a) Every license certificate issued in accordance with the provisions...
§17A-6-8. Form and Display of License Certificate or Certified Copy Thereof; Obtaining Certified Copy of License Certificate; Bond - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of license certificate...
§17A-6-9. Changes in Business; Action Required; Applications for and Issuance of Certificates; Fees - Every new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer and...
§17A-6-10. Fee Required for License Certificate; Dealer Special Plates - (a) The initial application fee for a license certificate to...
§17A-6-10a. Special Plates for Manufacturers and Transporters; Fee - (1) The initial application fee for a license certificate to...
§17A-6-10b. Special Plates for Financial Institutions; Fee - (1) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article,...
§17A-6-10c. Special Demonstration Plates for Dealers in Trailers, Truck-Tractors, Road-Tractors and Trucks; Application; Fee - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, a new...
§17A-6-10d. Special Plates for Nonprofit Corporations Engaged in Research and Development - (a) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article,...
§17A-6-11. Expiration of Special Plates - Every special plate or plates issued hereunder shall expire at...
§17A-6-12. Operation of Vehicles Under Special Plates - A dealer holding an unexpired, unsuspended and unrevoked license certificate...
§17A-6-13. Use of Special Plates; Records to Be Maintained by Dealer - (a) The Class D special plates and the Class D-U/C...
§17A-6-14. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Certain Dealers Under Special Permits - The commissioner is hereby authorized to grant, in his discretion,...
§17A-6-15. Temporary Registration Plates or Markers - (a) In order to permit a vehicle which is sold...
§17A-6-15a. Temporary Registration Plates for Auto Mechanics; Fees - (a) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article,...
§17A-6-16. Records Must Be Kept and Maintained - (a) In addition to all other records herein required to...
§17A-6-17. Sales Instrument; Full Disclosure Required - Every vehicle sale at retail shall be evidenced by a...
§17A-6-17a. Approved Practices - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a motor vehicle...
§17A-6-18. Investigation; Matters Confidential; Grounds for Suspending or Revoking License or Imposing Fine; Suspension and Revocation Generally - (a) The commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether...
§17A-6-18a. Motor Vehicle Dealers Advisory Board - (a) There is continued a Motor Vehicle Dealers Advisory Board...
§17A-6-19. Notice of Refusal, or Suspension or Revocation, of License Certificate or of Suspension of Right to Issue Temporary Registration Plates or Markers or of Suspension of a Dealer Special Plate or Plates; Relinquishing License Certificate, Dea... - (a) Whenever the commissioner shall refuse to issue a license...
§17A-6-22. Original Action by Board; Matters Confidential - In the event the commissioner shall receive a sworn complaint...
§17A-6-23. Judicial Review - (a) Any person or the commissioner adversely affected by a...
§17A-6-24. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief - (a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person...
§17A-6-25. Inspections; Violations and Penalties - (a) The commissioner and all law-enforcement officers of the state,...
§17A-6-25a. Civil Penalties - (a) In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided...
§17A-6-26. Construction - (a) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed...
Article 6A. Motor Vehicle Dealers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Manufacturers
§17A-6A-1. Legislative Finding - The Legislature finds and declares that the distribution and sale...
§17A-6A-2. Governing Law - (a) In accord with the settled public policy of this...
§17A-6A-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the words and phrases...
§17A-6A-4. Cancellation of Dealer Contract; Notification - (1) Notwithstanding any agreement, a manufacturer or distributor shall not...
§17A-6A-5. Circumstances Not Constituting Good Cause - Notwithstanding any agreement, the following alone does not constitute good...
§17A-6A-6. Burden of Proof - For each termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or discontinuance, the manufacturer or...
§17A-6A-7. Notice Provisions - Notwithstanding any agreement, prior to the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or...
§17A-6A-8. Reasonable Compensation to Dealer - (1) Upon the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or discontinuance of any...
§17A-6A-8a. Compensation to Dealers for Service Rendered - (a) Every motor vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler, factory branch...
§17A-6A-9. Payment of Compensation - (1) Compensation for new motor vehicle inventory under subdivision (a),...
§17A-6A-10. Prohibited Practices - (a) A manufacturer or distributor may not require any new...
§17A-6A-11. Motor Vehicle Dealer Successorship or Change in Executive Management - (1) Any designated family member of a new motor vehicle...
§17A-6A-12. Establishment and Relocation or Establishment of Additional Dealers - (1) As used in this section, "relocate" and "relocation" do...
§17A-6A-12a. Restriction on Motor Vehicle Dealer's Use of Dealership Property - (1) A manufacturer shall not require that a new motor...
§17A-6A-13. Obligations Regarding Warranties - (1) Each new motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor shall specify...
§17A-6A-14. Acceptance of Vehicles; Risk of Loss or Damage - (1) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions or conditions of any agreement,...
§17A-6A-14a. Open Account Protection - If there is a dispute between the manufacturer, factory branch,...
§17A-6A-15. Indemnity - Notwithstanding the terms of any dealer agreement, a manufacturer or...
§17A-6A-15a. Dealer Data, Obligation of Manufacturer, Vendors, Suppliers and Others; Consent to Access Dealership Information; Unlawful Activities; Indemnification of Dealer - (a) Except as expressly authorized in this section, a manufacturer...
§17A-6A-15b. Exports; Rebuttable Presumption on Behalf of Dealer - It is unlawful for a manufacturer or distributor to take...
§17A-6A-15c. Manufacturer Performance Standards; Uniform Application; Prohibited Practices - A manufacturer may not require dealer adherence to a performance...
§17A-6A-16. Actions at Law; Damages - (1) If a manufacturer or distributor terminates, cancels, fails to...
§17A-6A-17. Injunctive Relief - Upon proper application to the circuit court, a manufacturer or...
§17A-6A-18. West Virginia Law to Apply - Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or requirements of any franchise agreement,...
Article 6B. License Services
§17A-6B-1. License Certificate Required; Application - No person shall engage in the license service business in...
§17A-6B-2. Applicant Must Be Bonded - An application for a license certificate must be accompanied by...
§17A-6B-3. Fee Required for License Certificate; Special Fund Created - The initial application fee for a certificate to engage in...
§17A-6B-4. Investigation Prior to Issuance of License Certificate; Information Confidential - Upon receipt of a completed application, the required bond, and...
§17A-6B-5. Refusal of License Certificate - If the commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) Has failed...
§17A-6B-6. When Application to Be Made; Expiration of License Certificate; Renewal - (a) The initial application for a license certificate to engage...
§17A-6B-7. Form and Display of License Certificate; Certified Copies of License - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the license...
§17A-6B-8. Changes in Business; Action Required - Every license service business shall notify the commissioner within sixty...
§17A-6B-9. Investigation; Grounds for Suspending or Revoking License Certificate; Notice of Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License Certificate; Relinquishing License Certificate and Temporary Plates or Markers - The commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether any...
§17A-6B-10. Temporary Registration Plates or Markers - (a) In order to permit a vehicle which is to...
§17A-6B-11. Inspections; Violations and Penalties - (a) The commissioner and all law-enforcement officers of the state,...
§17A-6B-12. Injunctive Relief - (a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person...
§17A-6B-13. Promulgation of Rules - The commissioner shall promulgate rules in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a...
Article 6C. Automobile Auction Businesses
§17A-6C-1. License Certificate Required; Application Form; Prohibited Acts; Reassignment of Title; and Exemption From Privilege Tax - (a) A person, partnership or corporation may not engage in,...
§17A-6C-2. Bonds and Insurance - (a) An application for a license certificate must be accompanied...
§17A-6C-3. Established Place of Business Requirements - Each automobile auction shall: (a) Be located at a permanent...
§17A-6C-4. Fee Required for License Certificate - (a) The initial application fee for a certificate to engage...
§17A-6C-5. Investigation Prior to Issuance of License Certificate; Information Confidential - (a) Upon receipt of a completed application, the required bond,...
§17A-6C-6. Refusal of License Certificate - The commissioner shall deny an application if he or she...
§17A-6C-7. Licensing Period, Renewal and Expiration - (a) A license certificate may not be issued prior to...
§17A-6C-8. Form and Display of License Certificate; Certified Copies of License - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the license...
§17A-6C-9. Changes in Business; Action Required - Every automobile auction business shall notify the commissioner immediately when...
§17A-6C-10. Investigation; Grounds for Suspending or Revoking License Certificate; Notice of Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License Certificate; Relinquishing License Certificate and Temporary Plates or Markers - (a) The commissioner may investigate whether any provisions of this...
§17A-6C-11. Temporary Registration Plates or Markers - (a) In order to permit a vehicle which is to...
§17A-6C-12. Use of Special Plates; Records to Be Maintained by Automobile Auction Business; Operation of Vehicles Under Special Plates; Expiration of Special Plate - (a) Class AA special plates may be used by the...
§17A-6C-13. Records Must Be Kept and Maintained - In addition to all other records required to be kept...
§17A-6C-14. Notice of Refusal, or Suspension or Revocation, of License Certificate or of Suspension of Right to Issue Temporary Registration Plates or Markers or of Suspension of an Automobile Auction Special Plate or Plates; Relinquishing License Ce... - (a) If the commissioner refuses to issue a license certificate,...
§17A-6C-15. Inspections; Violations and Penalties - (a) The commissioner and law-enforcement officers of the state, acting...
§17A-6C-16. Injunctive Relief - (a) If it appears to the commissioner that any person...
§17A-6C-17. Promulgation of Rules - The commissioner shall promulgate rules in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a...
Article 6D. Daily Passenger Rental Car Business
§17A-6D-1. License Certificate Required; Application - No person may engage in a daily passenger rental car...
§17A-6D-2. Collection of Daily Passenger Car Rental Tax Imposed - The tax authorized by section four, article three of this...
§17A-6D-3. Liability of Officers of Corporation, etc. - If the taxpayer is an association, partnership or corporation, the...
§17A-6D-4. Annual Return; Extension of Time - (a) Date due. -- On or before thirty days after...
§17A-6D-5. Applicant Must Be Bonded - An application for a license certificate must be accompanied by...
§17A-6D-6. Fee Required for License Certificate - The initial application fee for a certificate to engage in...
§17A-6D-7. Investigation Prior to Issuance of License Certificate; Information Confidential - Upon receipt of a completed application, the required bond and...
§17A-6D-8. Refusal of License Certificate - If the commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) Has failed...
§17A-6D-9. When Application to Be Made; Expiration of License Certificate; Renewal - (a) The initial application for a license certificate to engage...
§17A-6D-10. Form and Display of License Certificate; Certified Copies of License - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the license...
§17A-6D-11. Changes in Business; Action Required - Every daily passenger rental car business shall notify the commissioner...
§17A-6D-12. Investigation; Grounds for Suspending or Revoking a License Certificate; Notice of Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License Certificate; Relinquishing License Certificate - The commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether any...
§17A-6D-13. Inspections; Violations and Penalties - (a) The commissioner and his agents, acting at the commissioner's...
§17A-6D-14. Injunctive Relief - (a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person...
§17A-6D-15. Promulgation of Rules - The commissioner may promulgate rules in accordance with article three,...
§17A-6D-16. Vehicle License Cost Recovery Fee Charged by Daily Passenger Rental Car Company - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Vehicle license costs"...
§17A-6D-17. Authorized Administrative Fees - (a) As used in this section, "administrative fees" means reasonable...
Article 6E. Motor Vehicle Salesperson License
§17A-6E-1. Findings and Purpose - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-2. Definitions - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-3. License Required - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-4. Eligibility and Issuance of License - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-5. Expiration of License, Renewal and Expired License - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-6. Change of Employer - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-7. Change of Address, Lost or Stolen License, Duplicate License - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-8. Display of License - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-9. Revocation, Suspension, or Refusal to Renew License - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-10. Administrative Due Process - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-11. Investigation, Matters, Confidential - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-12. Injunctive Relief - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-13. Authority for Rules - [Repealed.]
§17A-6E-14. Motor Vehicle Salesperson License Fund - [Repealed.]
Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs
§17A-6F-1. Scope - This article is intended to govern the intersection of peer-to-peer...
§17A-6F-2. Definitions - As used in this article: "Peer-to-peer car sharing" means the...
§17A-6F-3. Insurance Coverage During Car Sharing Period - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability, except...
§17A-6F-4. Notification of Implications of Lien - At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a...
§17A-6F-5. Exclusions for Personal Vehicle Liability Insurance Policy - (a) A motor vehicle insurer that writes motor vehicle liability...
§17A-6F-6. Recordkeeping; Use of Vehicle in Car Sharing - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect and verify...
§17A-6F-7. Exemption; Vicarious Liability - A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner...
§17A-6F-8. Contribution Against Indemnification - A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim...
§17A-6F-9. Insurable Interest - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule, or regulation to...
§17A-6F-10. Consumer Protections for Car Sharing Programs - Each car sharing program agreement made in this state shall...
§17A-6F-11. Driver S License Verification and Data Retention - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into...
§17A-6F-12. Responsibility for Equipment of a Shared Vehicle - A peer-to-peer car sharing program has sole responsibility for any...
§17A-6F-13. Registration, Notification, and Automobile Safety Recalls - (a) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as...
§17A-6F-14. Regulation of Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs at Airports and Airport Facilities - (a) Airports or the airport authority in this state may...
§17A-6F-15. Controlling Authority; Taxation and Other Requirements of a Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program - (a) Licensure, registration and qualification. A municipality, county or other...
Article 7. Special Stickers
§17A-7-1. Operation of Vehicles by Financial Institution or Wrecker Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration - The commissioner may upon application issue to a banking institution,...
§17A-7-2. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Dealers or Other Persons Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration - (a) A member of the West Virginia State Police may...
§17A-7-3. Operation of House Trailer Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration; Issuance of Special Stickers to Holders of Class B Registration Plates - Upon application therefor on a form prescribed by him or...
Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws
§17A-8-1. Report by Police of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment - Every sheriff, chief of police, member of the department of...
§17A-8-2. Reports by Owners or Lienors of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment - The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon...
§17A-8-3. Action by Department on Report of Stolen or Embezzled Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment - The department upon receiving a report of a stolen or...
§17A-8-4. Unlawful Taking of Vehicle - (a) Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or...
§17A-8-5. Receiving or Transferring Stolen Vehicle - Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title...
§17A-8-6. Injuring or Tampering With Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment - (a) Any person who either individually or in association with...
§17A-8-7. Motor Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment Without Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses - (a) A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells,...
§17A-8-8. Altering or Changing a Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses - (a) A person who, with fraudulent intent, removes, defaces, covers,...
§17A-8-9. Theft of a Rental Vehicle; Penalty - (a) A person is guilty of theft of a rental...
§17A-8-10. Unlawful Retention of Rented or Leased Vehicle After Notice - Any person who, after renting or leasing a motor vehicle...
§17A-8-11. Unlawful Acts Relating to Certificates of Title, Blank Certificates of Title and Blank Registration Forms; Penalty - Any person who obtains unlawfully or who steals any certificate...
§17A-8-12. Recovery of Special Mobile Equipment; Chain of Custody; Sale of Unclaimed Special Mobile Equipment; Penalties - (a) When an item of special mobile equipment has been...
§17A-8-13. Theft of a Motor Vehicle Offered for Sale Which Had Been Obtained for Temporary Use for Demonstration Purposes; Penalty - (a) A person is guilty of theft of a motor...
Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration
§17A-9-1. Fraudulent Applications - Any person who fraudulently uses a false or fictitious name...
§17A-9-2. Operation of Vehicles Without Evidences of Registration; Use of Temporary Facsimile; Penalty - (a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly...
§17A-9-3. Improper Use of Evidences of Registration - No person shall lend to another any certificate of title,...
§17A-9-4. False Evidences, Forgery, etc., of Title and Registration - It is a felony for any person to commit any...
§17A-9-5. Authority of Division to Suspend or Revoke Registration, Certificate, etc. - The division is hereby authorized to suspend or revoke the...
§17A-9-6. References Elsewhere to This Section Shall Be Read, Construed and Understood to Mean §17a-6-18 - Whenever in this code or elsewhere in law reference is...
§17A-9-7. Surrender of Evidence of Registration, etc., Upon Cancellation, Suspension or Revocation; Willful Failure or Refusal to Surrender; Fee for Reinstatement - (a) Whenever the registration of a vehicle, a certificate of...
Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc.
§17A-10-1. Classification of Vehicles for Purpose of Registration - Vehicles subject to registration under the provisions of this chapter...
§17A-10-2. Registration Fees of Motor Vehicles Used for Transportation of Property and Persons Determined by Declared Gross Weight - The declared gross weight as stated in the application for...
§17A-10-3. Registration Fees for Vehicles Equipped With Pneumatic Tires - The following registration fees for the classes indicated shall be...
§17A-10-3a. Special Registration and Use of Antique Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles; Definitions; Use of Classic Motor Vehicles and Classic Motorcycles; Customized Antique Plates; Exemption for Display of Registration Plate - (a) The annual registration fee for any antique motor vehicle...
§17A-10-3b. Motorcycle Safety Fee - Upon the annual registration of any motorcycle, the division shall...
§17A-10-3c. Additional Registration Fees for Alternative Fuel Vehicles - (a) The annual registration fee for a vehicle fueled with...
§17A-10-4. Registration Fees for Vehicles Equipped With Other Than Pneumatic Tires - Any vehicle subject to registration hereunder which is equipped with...
§17A-10-5. Public Service Commission Assessment Must Be Paid Before Vehicle Registered; Suspension of Registration Cards and Plates Issued to Motor Carriers; Privilege to Exchange Suspended Registration Cards and Plates - The commissioner shall not register any vehicle subject to economic...
§17A-10-7. Reduced Fees for Portion of Year - The registration fees herein prescribed shall be for the entire...
§17A-10-8. Vehicles Exempt From Payment of Registration Fees - The following specified vehicles shall be exempt from the payment...
§17A-10-9. Municipalities and Other Political Subdivisions Not to Levy or Charge License Tax on Motor Vehicles - No license tax shall be levied or charged by any...
§17A-10-10. Fees Upon Transfer of Registration and Issuance of Certificates of Title - A fee of $10 shall be paid for a transfer...
§17A-10-11. Fees for Duplicate Registration Plates, Registration Cards and Certificates of Title - A fee of $10 shall be paid for the issuance...
§17A-10-12. When Fees Returnable - Whenever any application to the department is accompanied by any...
§17A-10-13. Payment of Fees and Passenger Seat Tax to Cities or Towns - The holders of a certificate of convenience and necessity authorizing...
§17A-10-14. Registration Plate for Amateur Radio Station Operators; Fees; Rules and Forms - (a) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a...
§17A-10-15. Additional Fee for Contribution to the Highway Litter Control Fund - In addition to each fee provided for in this article,...
§17A-10-16. Fee for the A. James Manchin Fund - In addition to each fee provided for in this article,...
§17A-10-17. Fee for West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program - In addition to each fee provided in this article, an...
Article 11. Penalties
§17A-11-1. Violations of Chapter; Penalty for Misdemeanor - It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any...
§17A-11-2. Penalty for Felony - Any person who is convicted of a violation of any...
§17A-11-3. Jurisdiction of Crimes by Justices - Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the...
§17A-11-4. Authority of Members of Official Highway Department Weighing Crews and Public Service Commission, Motor Carrier Employees - Employees of the department of highways designated by the commissioner...
Article 12. Severability and Effect of Chapter
§17A-12-1. Severability - If any part or parts of this chapter shall be...
§17A-12-2. Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions - The provisions of any acts or parts of acts, or...
Article 13. Street-Legal Special Purpose Vehicles
§17A-13-1. Street-Legal Special Purpose Vehicles; Operation on Highways; Registration Procedures; Licensing Requirements; Equipment Requirements - (a) Except as required in subsection (c) of this section,...