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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 500 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. Unfortunately, the 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 626; in 1964, chapter 654; in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 240; in 1972, chapter 412; in 1980, chapter 256; in 1983, chapter 126; in 1986, chapter 125; in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82074,"section_number":"29.1-702","catch_line":"Registration requirements; display of numbers; cancellation of certificate; exemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-702\/"},{"id":59559,"section_number":"29.1-704","catch_line":"Recording previously awarded numbers","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-704\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73391,"identifier":"29.1-708","token":"29.1\/7\/1\/29.1-708","url":"\/29.1-708\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-708\/","token":"29.1\/7\/1\/29.1-708","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer, destruction or abandonment of motorboat","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-708","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The owner<\/span> shall furnish the Department<\/span> with notice of (i) the transfer of all or any part of his interest other than the creation of a security interest in a motorboat<\/span> numbered in Virginia pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-702<\/a> or \u00a7 29.1-704<\/a> or (ii) the destruction or abandonment of such motorboat<\/span>, within fifteen days thereof. Such transfer, destruction, or abandonment shall terminate the certificate of number for the motorboat<\/span> except that, in the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the owner<\/span>’s right to operate<\/span> such motorboat<\/span>, the transfer shall not terminate the certificate of number.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER, DESTRUCTION OR ABANDONMENT OF MOTORBOAT (\u00a7 29.1-708)\n\nThe owner shall furnish the Department with notice of (i) the transfer of all or\nany part of his interest other than the creation of a security interest in a\nmotorboat numbered in Virginia pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-702 or \u00a7 29.1-704 or (ii)\nthe destruction or abandonment of such motorboat, within fifteen days thereof.\nSuch transfer, destruction, or abandonment shall terminate the certificate of\nnumber for the motorboat except that, in the case of a transfer of a part\ninterest which does not affect the owner’s right to operate such\nmotorboat, the transfer shall not terminate the certificate of number.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 500, \u00a7 62-174.5; 1962, c. 626; 1964, c. 654; 1968, c. 659, \u00a7\n62.1-170; 1970, c. 240; 1972, c. 412; 1980, c. 256; 1983, c. 126; 1986, c. 125;\n1987, c. 488.","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}}