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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 90<\/a> and 91<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86130,"section_number":"59.1-136.3","catch_line":"Purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-136.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165715,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63489,"identifier":"18.2-146.1","token":"18.2\/5\/7\/18.2-146.1","url":"\/18.2-146.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-146.1\/","token":"18.2\/5\/7\/18.2-146.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful purchase or sale of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-146.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who sells, offers for sale, or purchases a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, except when such sale, offer for sale, or purchase is made to or by a scrap metal purchaser that has adhered to the compliance provisions of subdivisions B 1 or 2 of \u00a7 59.1-136.3<\/a>, is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or purchase of a new catalytic converter that has never been installed on a motor vehicle.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR SALE OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST\nSYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN DETACHED FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-146.1)\n\nAny person who sells, offers for sale, or purchases a catalytic converter from a\nmotor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, except\nwhen such sale, offer for sale, or purchase is made to or by a scrap metal\npurchaser that has adhered to the compliance provisions of subdivisions B 1 or 2\nof \u00a7 59.1-136.3, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale, offer for\nsale, or purchase of a new catalytic converter that has never been installed on\na motor vehicle.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 90, 91.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}