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If a rebuilder purchases a salvage vehicle to be used or sold for parts only, he shall conspicuously indicate on the salvage certificate that the vehicle will be sold or used as parts only and immediately forward the salvage certificate to the Department for cancellation. The Department shall issue a nonrepairable certificate for that vehicle.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218275,"text":"Each rebuilder shall have in his possession a certificate of title or salvage certificate assigned to him for each vehicle in his inventory for resale. If a rebuilder purchases a salvage vehicle to be used or sold for parts only, he shall conspicuously indicate on the salvage certificate that the vehicle will be sold or used as parts only and immediately forward the salvage certificate to the Department for cancellation. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 401 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1992, chapter 148; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0277\">277<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59590,"identifier":"46.2-1604","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1604","url":"\/46.2-1604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1604\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rebuilders required to possess certificate of title or salvage certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">rebuilder<\/span> shall have in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> a certificate of title or <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage certificate<\/span> assigned to him for each vehicle in his inventory for resale. If a <span class=\"dictionary\">rebuilder<\/span> purchases a <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage vehicle<\/span> to be used or sold for parts only, he shall conspicuously indicate on the <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage certificate<\/span> that the vehicle will be sold or used as parts only and immediately forward the <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage certificate<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> for <span class=\"dictionary\">cancellation<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">nonrepairable certificate<\/span> for that vehicle.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREBUILDERS REQUIRED TO POSSESS CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR SALVAGE CERTIFICATE (\u00a7\n46.2-1604)\n\nEach rebuilder shall have in his possession a certificate of title or salvage\ncertificate assigned to him for each vehicle in his inventory for resale. If a\nrebuilder purchases a salvage vehicle to be used or sold for parts only, he\nshall conspicuously indicate on the salvage certificate that the vehicle will be\nsold or used as parts only and immediately forward the salvage certificate to\nthe Department for cancellation. The Department shall issue a nonrepairable\ncertificate for that vehicle.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 401, \u00a7 46.1-550.9; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 148; 2017, c. 277.","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}}