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Such demolisher shall be properly licensed under the provisions of Chapter 16 (§ 46.2-1600 et seq.). The demolisher, on taking custody of the inoperable abandoned motor vehicle, shall notify the Department on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner. 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The demolisher, on taking custody of the inoperable abandoned motor vehicle, shall notify the Department on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 421 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1972, chapter 375; in 1974, chapter 454; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2014, chapter 58<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74419,"section_number":"46.2-1207","catch_line":"Certification of disposal; reimbursement of locality by Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1207\/"},{"id":82874,"section_number":"46.2-1601.3","catch_line":"Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1601.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58576,"section_number":"46.2-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82860,"identifier":"46.2-1205","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1205","url":"\/46.2-1205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1205\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of inoperable abandoned vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “demolisher” has the meaning ascribed to it in § 46.2-1600<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any inoperable motor vehicle, trailer<\/span>, semitrailer<\/span>, or part of a motor vehicle, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> which has been taken into custody<\/span> pursuant to other provisions of this article may be disposed of to a demolisher, without the title and without the notification procedures, by the person or locality on whose property or in whose possession<\/span> the motor vehicle, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> is found. Such demolisher shall be properly licensed under the provisions of Chapter 16 (§ 46.2-1600<\/a> et seq.). The demolisher, on taking custody<\/span> of the inoperable abandoned motor vehicle<\/span>, shall notify the Department<\/span> on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner<\/span>. Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, no other report or notice shall be required in this instance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF INOPERABLE ABANDONED VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-1205)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section, “demolisher” has the meaning\nascribed to it in § 46.2-1600.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any inoperable motor\nvehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a motor vehicle, trailer, or\nsemitrailer which has been taken into custody pursuant to other provisions of\nthis article may be disposed of to a demolisher, without the title and without\nthe notification procedures, by the person or locality on whose property or in\nwhose possession the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is found. Such\ndemolisher shall be properly licensed under the provisions of Chapter 16 (§\n46.2-1600 et seq.). The demolisher, on taking custody of the inoperable\nabandoned motor vehicle, shall notify the Department on forms and in the manner\nprescribed by the Commissioner. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no\nother report or notice shall be required in this instance.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 421, \u00a7 46.1-555.7; 1972, c. 375; 1974, c. 454; 1989, c. 727;\n2014, c. 58.","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}}