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In the event of such use of a motor vehicle or vehicles by a school system, any dealer, his employees and agents furnishing the motor vehicle or vehicles shall be immune from liability in any suit, claim, action, or cause of action, including but not limited to, actions or claims for injury to persons or property arising out of such use. 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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84929,"section_number":"46.2-1500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1500\/"},{"id":72569,"section_number":"46.2-1556","catch_line":"Operation under foreign dealer's license","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1556\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70871,"identifier":"46.2-1557","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1557","url":"\/46.2-1557\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1557\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1557","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of certain foreign-registered motor vehicles in driver education programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1557","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Dealer’s license plates<\/span> may be displayed on motor vehicles<\/span> used<\/span> by Virginia school systems in connection with driver<\/span> education programs approved by the State Board<\/span> of Education. In the event of such use of a motor vehicle or vehicles by a school system, any dealer, his employees and agents<\/span> furnishing the motor vehicle or vehicles shall be immune from liability in any suit, claim, action, or cause of action<\/span>, including but not limited to, actions or claims for injury to persons or property arising out of such use. Nothing in this section shall authorize the sale of any motor vehicle or vehicles so used<\/span> in such driver<\/span> education program as a demonstrator<\/span> vehicle.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1500<\/a> and 46.2-1556<\/a>, school divisions either (i) bordering on Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, or West Virginia, or (ii) located in Accomack or Northampton County may use motor vehicles<\/span> bearing foreign motor vehicle dealer<\/span>’s license plates<\/span> in connection with their driver<\/span> education programs.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN-REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES IN DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS\n(\u00a7 46.2-1557)\n\nDealer’s license plates may be displayed on motor vehicles used by\nVirginia school systems in connection with driver education programs approved by\nthe State Board of Education. In the event of such use of a motor vehicle or\nvehicles by a school system, any dealer, his employees and agents furnishing the\nmotor vehicle or vehicles shall be immune from liability in any suit, claim,\naction, or cause of action, including but not limited to, actions or claims for\ninjury to persons or property arising out of such use. Nothing in this section\nshall authorize the sale of any motor vehicle or vehicles so used in such driver\neducation program as a demonstrator vehicle.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1500 and 46.2-1556, school\ndivisions either (i) bordering on Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee,\nor West Virginia, or (ii) located in Accomack or Northampton County may use\nmotor vehicles bearing foreign motor vehicle dealer’s license plates in\nconnection with their driver education programs.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7\u00a7 46.1-550.5:8, 46.1-550.5:15; 1989, c. 727.","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}}