{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-1512.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-1512.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-1512.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-1512.html"}],"law_id":59416,"edition_id":1,"section_id":59416,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1512","catch_line":"Salesperson to have certificate of qualification","history":"1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-525.03; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 2015, c. 615.","full_text":"No license shall be issued to any motor vehicle salesperson unless he holds a valid certificate of qualification issued by the Board. A certificate shall be issued only on application to the Board, payment of the required application fee of no more than $50 as determined by the Board, the successful completion of an examination prepared and administered by the Board, and other prerequisites as set forth in this section. Any individual who is licensed as a salesperson on July 1, 1995, shall be entitled to such a certificate without examination on application to the Board made on or before January 1, 1996.\n\t\tThe Board may establish minimum qualifications for applicants and require applicants to satisfactorily complete courses of study or other prerequisites prior to taking the examination.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217752,"text":"No license shall be issued to any motor vehicle salesperson unless he holds a valid certificate of qualification issued by the Board. A certificate shall be issued only on application to the Board, payment of the required application fee of no more than $50 as determined by the Board, the successful completion of an examination prepared and administered by the Board, and other prerequisites as set forth in this section. Any individual who is licensed as a salesperson on July 1, 1995, shall be entitled to such a certificate without examination on application to the Board made on or before January 1, 1996.\n\t\tThe Board may establish minimum qualifications for applicants and require applicants to satisfactorily complete courses of study or other prerequisites prior to taking the examination.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15454,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle Dealer Licenses","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13356,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:55:10","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:55:10","permalink":{"id":231157,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15454,"identifier":"2","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13356,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle Dealers","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13355,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":231067,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13356,"identifier":"15","token":"46.2\/IV\/15","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13355,"edition_id":1,"name":"Dealers and Driver Training Schools","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":231065,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13355,"identifier":"IV","token":"46.2\/IV","url":"\/46.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":76803,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1508","catch_line":"Licenses required; penalty","url":"\/46.2-1508\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1508","metadata":false},{"id":82941,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1508.1","catch_line":"Licensure of certain nonprofit organizations","url":"\/46.2-1508.1\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1508.1","metadata":false},{"id":76206,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1508.2","catch_line":"Display, parking, selling, advertising sale of certain used motor vehicles prohibited","url":"\/46.2-1508.2\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1508.2","metadata":false},{"id":85171,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1509","catch_line":"Application for license or certificate of dealer registration","url":"\/46.2-1509\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1509","metadata":false},{"id":59611,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1510","catch_line":"Dealers required to have established place of business","url":"\/46.2-1510\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1510","metadata":false},{"id":64335,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1511","catch_line":"Dealer-operator to have certificate of qualification","url":"\/46.2-1511\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1511","metadata":false},{"id":59416,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1512","catch_line":"Salesperson to have certificate of qualification","url":"\/46.2-1512\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1512","metadata":false},{"id":65502,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1513","catch_line":"Continued operation on loss of a dealer-operator holding certificate of qualification","url":"\/46.2-1513\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1513","metadata":false},{"id":72572,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1514","catch_line":"Action on applications; hearing on denial; denial for failure to have established place of business","url":"\/46.2-1514\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1514","metadata":false},{"id":78462,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1515","catch_line":"Location to be specified; display of license; change of location","url":"\/46.2-1515\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1515","metadata":false},{"id":77529,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1516","catch_line":"Supplemental sales locations","url":"\/46.2-1516\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1516","metadata":false},{"id":83855,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1517","catch_line":"Changes in form of ownership, make, name","url":"\/46.2-1517\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1517","metadata":false},{"id":80930,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1518","catch_line":"Display of salesperson's license; notice on termination","url":"\/46.2-1518\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1518","metadata":false},{"id":74284,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1519","catch_line":"License and registration fees; additional to other licenses and fees required by law","url":"\/46.2-1519\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1519","metadata":false},{"id":76642,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1520","catch_line":"Collection of license and registration fees; payments from fund","url":"\/46.2-1520\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1520","metadata":false},{"id":58873,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1521","catch_line":"Issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration","url":"\/46.2-1521\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1521","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":64335,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1511","catch_line":"Dealer-operator to have certificate of qualification","url":"\/46.2-1511\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1511","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":65502,"structure_id":15454,"section_number":"46.2-1513","catch_line":"Continued operation on loss of a dealer-operator holding certificate of qualification","url":"\/46.2-1513\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1513","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-1512\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58873,"section_number":"46.2-1521","catch_line":"Issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1521\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231183,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59416,"identifier":"46.2-1512","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1512","url":"\/46.2-1512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1512\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/2\/46.2-1512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Salesperson to have certificate of qualification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No license shall be issued to any motor vehicle salesperson<\/span> unless he holds a valid certificate of qualification issued by the Board<\/span>. A certificate shall be issued only on application to the Board<\/span>, payment of the required application fee of no more than $50 as determined by the Board<\/span>, the successful completion of an examination prepared and administered by the Board<\/span>, and other prerequisites as set forth in this section. Any individual who is licensed as a salesperson on July 1, 1995, shall be entitled to such a certificate without examination on application to the Board<\/span> made on or before January 1, 1996.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> may establish minimum qualifications for applicants and require applicants to satisfactorily complete courses of study or other prerequisites prior to taking the examination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALESPERSON TO HAVE CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION (\u00a7 46.2-1512)\n\nNo license shall be issued to any motor vehicle salesperson unless he holds a\nvalid certificate of qualification issued by the Board. A certificate shall be\nissued only on application to the Board, payment of the required application fee\nof no more than $50 as determined by the Board, the successful completion of an\nexamination prepared and administered by the Board, and other prerequisites as\nset forth in this section. Any individual who is licensed as a salesperson on\nJuly 1, 1995, shall be entitled to such a certificate without examination on\napplication to the Board made on or before January 1, 1996.\n\t\tThe Board may establish minimum qualifications for applicants and require\napplicants to satisfactorily complete courses of study or other prerequisites\nprior to taking the examination.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-525.03; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 2015,\nc. 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}}