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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 418<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65399,"section_number":"46.2-216.1","catch_line":"Electronic filings or submissions to Department; provision of electronic documents by Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-216.1\/"},{"id":74428,"section_number":"46.2-623","catch_line":"Statements in application","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-623\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66534,"identifier":"46.2-631.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/2\/46.2-631.1","url":"\/46.2-631.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-631.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/2\/46.2-631.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Electronic sales by dealers; titling","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-631.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A licensed motor vehicle<\/span> dealer that participates in an online program as set forth in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-216.1<\/a> may choose to sell a motor vehicle<\/span> electronically by obtaining a title in the dealer’s name for resale. The dealer shall disclose the odometer reading to the purchaser using a secure power of attorney<\/span> prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Part 580 and in a form approved by the Department<\/span>. The dealer shall provide all documentation or information required by the Department<\/span> to process the dealer’s application for a title in the dealer’s name for resale, including a manufacturer’s certificate of origin or certificate of ownership and any information required by the Department<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-623<\/a>. The dealer shall submit such documentation or information in a form prescribed by the Department<\/span> within 30 days of the dealer’s application for the title in the dealer’s name for resale. Failure to timely submit such documentation or information may result in the dealer’s suspension<\/span> from the online program set forth in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-216.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTRONIC SALES BY DEALERS; TITLING (\u00a7 46.2-631.1)\n\nA licensed motor vehicle dealer that participates in an online program as set\nforth in subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-216.1 may choose to sell a motor vehicle\nelectronically by obtaining a title in the dealer’s name for resale. The\ndealer shall disclose the odometer reading to the purchaser using a secure power\nof attorney prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Part 580 and in a form approved by the\nDepartment. The dealer shall provide all documentation or information required\nby the Department to process the dealer’s application for a title in the\ndealer’s name for resale, including a manufacturer’s certificate of\norigin or certificate of ownership and any information required by the\nDepartment in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-623. The dealer shall submit such\ndocumentation or information in a form prescribed by the Department within 30\ndays of the dealer’s application for the title in the dealer’s name\nfor resale. Failure to timely submit such documentation or information may\nresult in the dealer’s suspension from the online program set forth in\nsubsection C of \u00a7 46.2-216.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 418.","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}}