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In the event the vehicle is found not to be in compliance with all safety inspection requirements, the dealer shall either take steps to bring it into compliance or shall furnish any buyer intending it for use on the public highway a written disclosure, prior to sale, that the vehicle did not pass a safety inspection. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 420 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 1973 \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 1978, chapter 203; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59991,"section_number":"46.2-1540","catch_line":"Inspections prior to sale not required of certain sellers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1540\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85494,"section_number":"46.2-1157","catch_line":"Inspection of motor vehicles required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1157\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70843,"identifier":"46.2-1539","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1539","url":"\/46.2-1539\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1539\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1539","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of vehicles required; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1539","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person required to be licensed as a dealer<\/span> under this chapter shall sell at retail any motor vehicle<\/span> which is intended by the buyer for use on the public highways<\/span><\/span>, and which is required to comply with the safety inspection requirements provided in Article 21 (\u00a7 46.2-1157<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 10 unless between the time the vehicle comes into the possession<\/span> of the dealer<\/span> and the time it is sold at retail it is inspected by an official safety inspection station. In the event the vehicle is found not to be in compliance with all safety inspection requirements, the dealer<\/span> shall either take steps to bring it into compliance or shall furnish any buyer intending it for use on the public highway<\/span> a written disclosure, prior to sale, that the vehicle did not pass a safety inspection. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers<\/span> and watercraft trailer dealers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF VEHICLES REQUIRED; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-1539)\n\nNo person required to be licensed as a dealer under this chapter shall sell at\nretail any motor vehicle which is intended by the buyer for use on the public\nhighways, and which is required to comply with the safety inspection\nrequirements provided in Article 21 (\u00a7 46.2-1157 et seq.) of Chapter 10 unless\nbetween the time the vehicle comes into the possession of the dealer and the\ntime it is sold at retail it is inspected by an official safety inspection\nstation. In the event the vehicle is found not to be in compliance with all\nsafety inspection requirements, the dealer shall either take steps to bring it\ninto compliance or shall furnish any buyer intending it for use on the public\nhighway a written disclosure, prior to sale, that the vehicle did not pass a\nsafety inspection. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of\nthis section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers and\nwatercraft trailer dealers.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 420, \u00a7 46.1-550.3; 1978, c. 203; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767,\n816; 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}}