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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78224</law_id><section_number>46.2-1408</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2204</reference><reference>46.2-1409</reference><reference>58.1-1735</reference><reference>59.1-207.29</reference><reference>59.1-207.31</reference><reference>59.1-207.32</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Peer-to-Peer Vehicle Sharing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span>&#x201D; means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle driver</span> through a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>&#x201D; means an online-enabled application, website, or system that connects vehicle <span class="dictionary">owners</span> with drivers to enable the sharing of peer-to-peer <span class="dictionary">shared vehicles</span> for financial consideration.
		&#x201C;Shared vehicle&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> that has been made available for sharing through a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>. &#x201C;Shared vehicle&#x201D; does not include a daily rental vehicle as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-1735/">58.1-1735</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Shared vehicle driver</span>&#x201D; means an individual who has been authorized to operate a shared vehicle by the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> under a <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing platform agreement</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Shared vehicle owner</span>&#x201D; means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle drivers</span> through a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Vehicle sharing delivery period</span>&#x201D; means the period of time beginning when the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> of a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span> takes <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the shared vehicle and ending when the shared vehicle arrives at the location agreed upon in the governing <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing platform agreement</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Vehicle sharing period</span>&#x201D; means the period of time that commences with the <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing delivery period</span> or, if there is no <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing delivery period</span>, that commences when the <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing start time</span> occurs and ends at the <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing termination time</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Vehicle sharing platform agreement</span>&#x201D; means the terms and conditions applicable to a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> and a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle driver</span> that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Vehicle sharing start time</span>&#x201D; means the time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle driver</span> at or after the sharing of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin as documented in the records of a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Vehicle sharing termination time</span>&#x201D; means the earliest of the following events:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> When the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing platform agreement</span> on or after the expiration of the agreed-upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing platform agreement</span>; <a id="paragraph-280360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1408/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> When the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> and <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle driver</span> within the agreed-upon period of time as communicated through a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing</span> platform</span>; or <a id="paragraph-280361" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1408/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> When the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span>, or the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span>&#x2019;s authorized designee, takes <span class="dictionary">possession</span> and control of the shared vehicle. <a id="paragraph-280362" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1408/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 1266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
