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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 119<\/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, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84929,"section_number":"46.2-1500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228213,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72160,"identifier":"46.2-654.1","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/4\/46.2-654.1","url":"\/46.2-654.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-654.1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/4\/46.2-654.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Temporary registration issued for purchasers of motor vehicles from motor vehicle dealers who are no longer engaged in business and title is held by person other than dealer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-654.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> may issue<\/span> a temporary registration to any purchaser of a motor vehicle<\/span> who is unable to obtain the title for such vehicle because the motor vehicle<\/span> dealer who sold the vehicle to the purchaser is no longer engaged in business in the Commonwealth as a dealer as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1500<\/a> and the title is held by a person other than such dealer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEMPORARY REGISTRATION ISSUED FOR PURCHASERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FROM MOTOR\nVEHICLE DEALERS WHO ARE NO LONGER ENGAGED IN BUSINESS AND TITLE IS HELD BY\nPERSON OTHER THAN DEALER (\u00a7 46.2-654.1)\n\nThe Department may issue a temporary registration to any purchaser of a motor\nvehicle who is unable to obtain the title for such vehicle because the motor\nvehicle dealer who sold the vehicle to the purchaser is no longer engaged in\nbusiness in the Commonwealth as a dealer as defined in \u00a7 46.2-1500 and the\ntitle is held by a person other than such dealer.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 119; 2015, c. 615.","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}}