{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-1602.3.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-1602.3.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-1602.3.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-1602.3.html"}],"law_id":82091,"edition_id":1,"section_id":82091,"structure_id":13677,"section_number":"46.2-1602.3","catch_line":"Exception; vehicles sold for recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap","history":"2023, cc. 364, 365.","full_text":"A\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an insurance company, or authorized agent of an insurance company, may obtain a nonrepairable certificate for a vehicle titled in the Commonwealth and acquired by the insurance company through the claims process without first obtaining a certificate of title or a salvage certificate, provided that the insurance company or authorized agent of the insurance company electronically files the following with the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner;1\n\nThe insurance company’s information, including name, address, federal identification number, and insurance company code number;2\n\nThe claim number and claim payment date;3\n\nThe vehicle information, including year, make, model, and vehicle identification number; and4\n\nA certification that:\n\t\t\t\ta. The insurance company (i) has acquired the vehicle through the claims process; (ii) is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate for the vehicle from the insured; and (iii) has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle;\n\t\t\t\tb. Any lien recorded on this title at the time the insurance company acquired the vehicle has been satisfied as a result of the claims process and released by the lien holder; and\n\t\t\t\tc. The insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, is selling the vehicle, either directly or through a salvage pool, to a demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor solely for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap.B\n\nUpon receipt of the information required in subsection A, the Department shall update its records in accordance with subsection D of § 46.2-1603.2 and electronically deliver to the insurance company, or the authorized agent of the insurance company who filed the information in subsection A, if any, a nonrepairable certificate for the vehicle.C\n\nThe insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, shall provide the purchaser of the vehicle with the nonrepairable certificate and a bill of sale for each vehicle processed through subsection A. Delivery of such nonrepairable certificate and bill of sale to the purchaser may be through electronic means.D\n\nEach purchaser of a vehicle for which a nonrepairable certificate has been issued pursuant to subsection A shall comply with the notification requirements of subsection B of § 46.2-1608.2 and all applicable recordkeeping requirements of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":294206,"text":"Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an insurance company, or authorized agent of an insurance company, may obtain a nonrepairable certificate for a vehicle titled in the Commonwealth and acquired by the insurance company through the claims process without first obtaining a certificate of title or a salvage certificate, provided that the insurance company or authorized agent of the insurance company electronically files the following with the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner;","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":294207,"text":"The insurance company’s information, including name, address, federal identification number, and insurance company code number;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":294208,"text":"The claim number and claim payment date;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":294209,"text":"The vehicle information, including year, make, model, and vehicle identification number; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":294210,"text":"A certification that:\n\t\t\t\ta. The insurance company (i) has acquired the vehicle through the claims process; (ii) is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate for the vehicle from the insured; and (iii) has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle;\n\t\t\t\tb. Any lien recorded on this title at the time the insurance company acquired the vehicle has been satisfied as a result of the claims process and released by the lien holder; and\n\t\t\t\tc. The insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, is selling the vehicle, either directly or through a salvage pool, to a demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor solely for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"B"},"5":{"id":294211,"text":"Upon receipt of the information required in subsection A, the Department shall update its records in accordance with subsection D of § 46.2-1603.2 and electronically deliver to the insurance company, or the authorized agent of the insurance company who filed the information in subsection A, if any, a nonrepairable certificate for the vehicle.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"C"},"6":{"id":294212,"text":"The insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, shall provide the purchaser of the vehicle with the nonrepairable certificate and a bill of sale for each vehicle processed through subsection A. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 364<\/a> and 365<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65231,"section_number":"46.2-1602.1","catch_line":"Duties of insurance companies upon acquiring certain vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1602.1\/"},{"id":55704,"section_number":"46.2-1603.2","catch_line":"Owner may declare vehicle nonrepairable; insurance company required to obtain a nonrepairable certificate; applicability of certain other laws to nonrepairable certificates; titling and registration of nonrepairable vehicle prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1603.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55704,"section_number":"46.2-1603.2","catch_line":"Owner may declare vehicle nonrepairable; insurance company required to obtain a nonrepairable certificate; applicability of certain other laws to nonrepairable certificates; titling and registration of nonrepairable vehicle prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1603.2\/"},{"id":77682,"section_number":"46.2-1608.2","catch_line":"Licensees to update records of the Department for motor vehicles that are to be demolished or dismantled","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1608.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231815,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82091,"identifier":"46.2-1602.3","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1602.3","url":"\/46.2-1602.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1602.3\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1602.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exception; vehicles sold for recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1602.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an insurance company, or authorized agent<\/span> of an insurance company, may obtain a nonrepairable certificate<\/span> for a vehicle<\/span> titled in the Commonwealth and acquired by the insurance company through the claims process without first obtaining a certificate of title or a salvage certificate<\/span>, provided that the insurance company or authorized agent<\/span> of the insurance company electronically files the following with the Department<\/span> in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The insurance company’s information, including name, address, federal identification number, and insurance company code number; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The claim number and claim payment date; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The vehicle<\/span> information, including year, make, model, and vehicle<\/span> identification number; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A certification that:\n\t\t\t\ta. The insurance company (i) has acquired the vehicle through the claims process; (ii) is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate<\/span> for the vehicle from the insured; and (iii) has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle<\/span>;\n\t\t\t\tb. Any lien<\/span> recorded on this title at the time the insurance company acquired the vehicle has been satisfied as a result of the claims process and released by the lien<\/span> holder; and\n\t\t\t\tc. The insurance company, or authorized agent<\/span> of the insurance company, is selling the vehicle, either directly or through a salvage pool<\/span>, to a demolisher<\/span>, salvage dealer<\/span>, or scrap metal processor<\/span> solely for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon receipt of the information required in subsection A, the Department<\/span> shall update its records in accordance with subsection D of § 46.2-1603.2<\/a> and electronically deliver to the insurance company, or the authorized agent<\/span> of the insurance company who filed the information in subsection A, if any, a nonrepairable certificate<\/span> for the vehicle. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The insurance company, or authorized agent<\/span> of the insurance company, shall provide the purchaser of the vehicle with the nonrepairable certificate<\/span> and a bill of sale for each vehicle processed through subsection A. Delivery of such nonrepairable certificate<\/span> and bill of sale to the purchaser may be through electronic means. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each purchaser of a vehicle for which a nonrepairable certificate<\/span> has been issued pursuant to subsection A shall comply with the notification requirements of subsection B of § 46.2-1608.2<\/a> and all applicable recordkeeping requirements of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTION; VEHICLES SOLD FOR RECYCLING PARTS, DISMANTLING, DEMOLISHING, OR\nUTILIZING FOR SCRAP (\u00a7 46.2-1602.3)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an insurance\ncompany, or authorized agent of an insurance company, may obtain a nonrepairable\ncertificate for a vehicle titled in the Commonwealth and acquired by the\ninsurance company through the claims process without first obtaining a\ncertificate of title or a salvage certificate, provided that the insurance\ncompany or authorized agent of the insurance company electronically files the\nfollowing with the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner;\n\n 1. The insurance company’s information, including name, address, federal\n identification number, and insurance company code number;\n\n 2. The claim number and claim payment date;\n\n 3. The vehicle information, including year, make, model, and vehicle\n identification number; and\n\n 4. A certification that:\n \t\t\t\ta. The insurance company (i) has acquired the vehicle through the claims\n process; (ii) is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate\n for the vehicle from the insured; and (iii) has determined the vehicle to be a\n nonrepairable vehicle;\n \t\t\t\tb. Any lien recorded on this title at the time the insurance company\n acquired the vehicle has been satisfied as a result of the claims process and\n released by the lien holder; and\n \t\t\t\tc. The insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, is\n selling the vehicle, either directly or through a salvage pool, to a\n demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor solely for the purpose of\n recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or utilizing for scrap.\n\nB. Upon receipt of the information required in subsection A, the Department\nshall update its records in accordance with subsection D of § 46.2-1603.2\nand electronically deliver to the insurance company, or the authorized agent of\nthe insurance company who filed the information in subsection A, if any, a\nnonrepairable certificate for the vehicle.\n\nC. The insurance company, or authorized agent of the insurance company, shall\nprovide the purchaser of the vehicle with the nonrepairable certificate and a\nbill of sale for each vehicle processed through subsection A. Delivery of such\nnonrepairable certificate and bill of sale to the purchaser may be through\nelectronic means.\n\nD. Each purchaser of a vehicle for which a nonrepairable certificate has been\nissued pursuant to subsection A shall comply with the notification requirements\nof subsection B of § 46.2-1608.2 and all applicable recordkeeping\nrequirements of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 364, 365.","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}}