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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":false,"permalink":{"id":231487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63240,"identifier":"46.2-1559","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/6\/46.2-1559","url":"\/46.2-1559\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1559\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/6\/46.2-1559","dublin_core":{"Title":"Records to be kept by dealers; inspection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1559","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> who has applied for temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> shall maintain a permanent record of (i) all temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> delivered to him, (ii) all temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> issued by him, and (iii) any other information pertaining to the receipt or the issuance of temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span> which may be required by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. Each record shall be kept for at least one year from the date of entry. Every <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> shall allow full access to these records during regular business hours to authorized representatives of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and to <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDS TO BE KEPT BY DEALERS; INSPECTION (\u00a7 46.2-1559)\n\nEvery dealer who has applied for temporary license plates shall maintain a\npermanent record of (i) all temporary license plates delivered to him, (ii) all\ntemporary license plates issued by him, and (iii) any other information\npertaining to the receipt or the issuance of temporary license plates which may\nbe required by the Department. Each record shall be kept for at least one year\nfrom the date of entry. Every dealer shall allow full access to these records\nduring regular business hours to authorized representatives of the Department\nand to law-enforcement officers.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:17; 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}}