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| Title and Registration
Requirements With limited exceptions, every person who owns a motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or attorney-in-fact authorized by person, must, before
vehicle is operated on any highway in Commonwealth, register with the Department, and
obtain a Virginia registration card and certificate of title for vehicle. Person applying
for registration must provide Department with either home or business street address of
owner of vehicle being registered. See Code of Virginia Section 46.2-600 from
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| Apply To Department Within 30
Days Every person residing in the Commonwealth who owns a motor vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer, or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact, must, within thirty days
of purchase or transfer, apply to the Department for a certificate of ownership. See Code
of Virginia Section 46.2-600
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| Within 30 Days Same As Purchase
Date If application for registration or recordation of a security interest
to be placed on a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is filed with Department within
thirty days from date of applicant's purchase of vehicle, it is considered as valid
as to all persons, including the Commonwealth, as if registration had been completed on
date security interest was acquired. See Code of Virginia Section 46.2-639 |
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Code and Administrative Code from Virginia Code Commission. |
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Virginia Department of
Motor Vehicles
P.O. Box 27412
Richmond, Virginia 23269
Voice: (804) 367-0538 |
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| Chapter 15 -
Motor Vehicle Dealers |
| Vehicle Dealer Licensing
Required It is unlawful for any person to engage in business in the
Commonwealth as a motor vehicle dealer or salesperson without first obtaining a license.
It is also unlawful for any person to engage in business in the Commonwealth as a
manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor
representative without first obtaining a license as provided in Chapter 19, starting with
Section 46.2-1900.
A person licensed in another state as a motor vehicle dealer may sell motor vehicles at
wholesale auctions in the Commonwealth, after obtaining a certificate of dealer
registration. The offering or granting of a motor vehicle dealer franchise in the
Commonwealth constitutes engaging in business in the Commonwealth for purposes of section.
Violation of section may constitute a misdemeanor. See more detail in Code of Virginia
Section 46.2-1508 |
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