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Such information shall include whether the applicant will be seeking a license to sell cars, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trailers and whether such vehicles will be new or used. The Board shall maintain a record of this information and place the appropriate endorsement on any license issued under this chapter. The application shall be accompanied by the fee as required by the Board.\n\t\tThe Board shall also require, in the application or otherwise, information relating to the matters set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1575 as grounds for refusing licenses, certificates of dealer registration, and to other pertinent matters requisite for the safeguarding of the public interest, including, if the applicant is a dealer in new motor vehicles with factory warranties, a copy of a current service agreement with the manufacturer or with the distributor, requiring the applicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his established place of business, the service, repair, and replacement work required of the manufacturer or distributor by such vehicle warranty. All of these matters shall be considered by the Board in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which he seeks a license or certificate of dealer registration.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":305204,"text":"Application for license or certificate of dealer registration under this chapter shall be made to the Board and contain such information as the Board shall require. Such information shall include whether the applicant will be seeking a license to sell cars, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trailers and whether such vehicles will be new or used. The Board shall maintain a record of this information and place the appropriate endorsement on any license issued under this chapter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1974, chapter 189; in 1976, chapter 362; in 1988, chapter 865; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86104,"section_number":"46.2-1575","catch_line":"Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses or certificates of dealer registration or qualification","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1575\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85171,"identifier":"46.2-1509","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1509","url":"\/46.2-1509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1509\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application for license or certificate of dealer registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Application for license or certificate of dealer<\/span> registration under this chapter shall be made to the Board<\/span> and contain such information as the Board<\/span> shall require. Such information shall include whether the applicant will be seeking a license to sell cars, trucks<\/span>, motorcycles<\/span>, recreational vehicles<\/span>, or trailers<\/span> and whether such vehicles will be new or used<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall maintain a record of this information and place the appropriate endorsement on any license issued under this chapter. The application shall be accompanied by the fee as required by the Board<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall also require, in the application or otherwise, information relating to the matters set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1575<\/a> as grounds for refusing licenses, certificates of dealer<\/span> registration, and to other pertinent matters requisite for the safeguarding of the public interest, including, if the applicant is a dealer<\/span> in new motor vehicles<\/span> with factory warranties, a copy of a current service agreement with the manufacturer<\/span> or with the distributor<\/span>, requiring the applicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his established place of business, the service, repair, and replacement work required of the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> by such vehicle<\/span> warranty. All of these matters shall be considered by the Board<\/span> in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which he seeks a license or certificate of dealer<\/span> registration.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION FOR LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE OF DEALER REGISTRATION (\u00a7 46.2-1509)\n\nApplication for license or certificate of dealer registration under this chapter\nshall be made to the Board and contain such information as the Board shall\nrequire. Such information shall include whether the applicant will be seeking a\nlicense to sell cars, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trailers\nand whether such vehicles will be new or used. The Board shall maintain a record\nof this information and place the appropriate endorsement on any license issued\nunder this chapter. The application shall be accompanied by the fee as required\nby the Board.\n\t\tThe Board shall also require, in the application or otherwise, information\nrelating to the matters set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1575 as grounds for refusing\nlicenses, certificates of dealer registration, and to other pertinent matters\nrequisite for the safeguarding of the public interest, including, if the\napplicant is a dealer in new motor vehicles with factory warranties, a copy of a\ncurrent service agreement with the manufacturer or with the distributor,\nrequiring the applicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his\nestablished place of business, the service, repair, and replacement work\nrequired of the manufacturer or distributor by such vehicle warranty. All of\nthese matters shall be considered by the Board in determining the fitness of the\napplicant to engage in the business for which he seeks a license or certificate\nof dealer registration.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-514; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-525; 1974, c. 189; 1976, c.\n362; 1988, c. 865; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 2015, c. 615.","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}}