CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR SALE OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST
SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN DETACHED FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE; PENALTY (§ 18.2-146.1)

Any person who sells, offers for sale, or purchases a catalytic converter from a
motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, except
when such sale, offer for sale, or purchase is made to or by a scrap metal
purchaser that has adhered to the compliance provisions of subdivisions B 1 or 2
of § 59.1-136.3, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
		Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale, offer for
sale, or purchase of a new catalytic converter that has never been installed on
a motor vehicle.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 90, 91.