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Each licensee shall include his usual business hours on the original and every renewal application for a license issued under this chapter. Changes to these hours shall be immediately filed with the Commissioner.B\n\nThe purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle or the major component parts of such vehicle shall not be advertised to the public unless the advertiser is a licensee or an individual authorized to dispose of a salvage vehicle under subdivision B 2 of § 46.2-1602. The licensee advertiser shall display in such advertisement its license number issued under this chapter.C\n\nAdvertisements by a licensee, subject to the provisions of subsection B, in a newspaper, on a website, or by any other means of electronic communication for the purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of any salvage or nonrepairable vehicle or the major component parts of such vehicle shall clearly state the correct company name, physical address, telephone number, and license number issued under this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":249216,"text":"Any license issued under this chapter shall be conspicuously displayed at the licensed place of business.\n\t\t\tThe licensee shall display his usual business hours at the licensed place of business. The hours shall be posted and maintained conspicuously on or near the main entrance of each place of business. Each licensee shall include his usual business hours on the original and every renewal application for a license issued under this chapter. Changes to these hours shall be immediately filed with the Commissioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":249217,"text":"The purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle or the major component parts of such vehicle shall not be advertised to the public unless the advertiser is a licensee or an individual authorized to dispose of a salvage vehicle under subdivision B 2 of § 46.2-1602. 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 58<\/a> 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. 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 2015, chapters 240<\/a> and 254<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85538,"section_number":"46.2-1602","catch_line":"Certain sales prohibited; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68846,"identifier":"46.2-1601.1","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1601.1","url":"\/46.2-1601.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1601.1\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1601.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advertising and display of license; business hours","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1601.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any license issued under this chapter shall be conspicuously displayed at the licensed place of business.\n\t\t\tThe licensee<\/span> shall display his usual business hours at the licensed place of business. The hours shall be posted and maintained conspicuously on or near the main entrance of each place of business. Each licensee<\/span> shall include his usual business hours on the original and every renewal application for a license issued under this chapter. Changes to these hours shall be immediately filed with the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle<\/span> or the major component<\/span> parts of such vehicle shall not be advertised to the public unless the advertiser is a licensee<\/span> or an individual authorized to dispose of a salvage vehicle<\/span> under subdivision B 2 of § 46.2-1602<\/a>. The licensee<\/span> advertiser shall display in such advertisement its license number issued under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Advertisements by a licensee<\/span>, subject to the provisions of subsection B, in a newspaper, on a website, or by any other means of electronic communication for the purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of any salvage or nonrepairable vehicle<\/span> or the major component<\/span> parts of such vehicle shall clearly state the correct company name, physical address, telephone number, and license number issued under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVERTISING AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE; BUSINESS HOURS (\u00a7 46.2-1601.1)\n\nA. Any license issued under this chapter shall be conspicuously displayed at the\nlicensed place of business.\n\t\t\tThe licensee shall display his usual business hours at the licensed place of\nbusiness. The hours shall be posted and maintained conspicuously on or near the\nmain entrance of each place of business. Each licensee shall include his usual\nbusiness hours on the original and every renewal application for a license\nissued under this chapter. Changes to these hours shall be immediately filed\nwith the Commissioner.\n\nB. The purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of a salvage or\nnonrepairable vehicle or the major component parts of such vehicle shall not be\nadvertised to the public unless the advertiser is a licensee or an individual\nauthorized to dispose of a salvage vehicle under subdivision B 2 of §\n46.2-1602. The licensee advertiser shall display in such advertisement its\nlicense number issued under this chapter.\n\nC. Advertisements by a licensee, subject to the provisions of subsection B, in a\nnewspaper, on a website, or by any other means of electronic communication for\nthe purchase, sale, transport, delivery, removal, or receipt of any salvage or\nnonrepairable vehicle or the major component parts of such vehicle shall clearly\nstate the correct company name, physical address, telephone number, and license\nnumber issued under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 58; 2015, cc. 240, 254.","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}}