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Upon such sale or transfer, the completed Vehicle Removal Certificate and receipt produced pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-1202 shall be given to the licensee or scrap metal processor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277776,"text":"The person in possession of an abandoned vehicle shall obtain from the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner, a Vehicle Removal Certificate at no fee. If the Department finds no record for the vehicle, the vehicle may then be sold or transferred to a licensee or a scrap metal processor, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1600. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0664\">664<\/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":75992,"section_number":"46.2-1202","catch_line":"Search for owner and secured party; notice","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1202\/"},{"id":58576,"section_number":"46.2-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229735,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77436,"identifier":"46.2-1202.1","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1202.1","url":"\/46.2-1202.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1202.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1202.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicle Removal Certificates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1202.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The person in <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of an abandoned vehicle shall obtain from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in a manner prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">Vehicle Removal Certificate<\/span> at no fee. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> finds no record for the vehicle, the vehicle may then be sold or transferred to a licensee or a <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal processor<\/span>, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/46.2-1600\/\">46.2-1600<\/a>. Upon such sale or transfer, the completed <span class=\"dictionary\">Vehicle Removal Certificate<\/span> and receipt produced pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Search for owner and secured party; notice\" href=\"\/46.2-1202\/\">46.2-1202<\/a> shall be given to the licensee or <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal processor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLE REMOVAL CERTIFICATES (\u00a7 46.2-1202.1)\n\nThe person in possession of an abandoned vehicle shall obtain from the\nDepartment in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner, a Vehicle Removal\nCertificate at no fee. If the Department finds no record for the vehicle, the\nvehicle may then be sold or transferred to a licensee or a scrap metal\nprocessor, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1600. Upon such sale or transfer, the completed\nVehicle Removal Certificate and receipt produced pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-1202 shall\nbe given to the licensee or scrap metal processor.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 664; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 374.","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}}