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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59611</law_id><section_number>46.2-1510</section_number><catch_line>Dealers required to have established place of business</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1508.1</reference><reference>46.2-1514</reference><reference>46.2-1516</reference><reference>46.2-1575</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="IV">Dealers and Driver Training Schools</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Motor Vehicle Dealers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Motor Vehicle Dealer Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No license shall be issued to any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle dealer</span> unless he has an established place of business, owned or leased by him, where a substantial portion of the sales activity of the business is routinely conducted and which:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Satisfies all local zoning regulations; <a id="paragraph-218342" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Has sales, service, and office space devoted exclusively to the dealership of at least 250 square feet in a permanent, enclosed building not <span class="dictionary">used</span> as a residence; <a id="paragraph-218343" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Houses all records the dealer is required to maintain by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Dealer records" href="/46.2-1529/">46.2-1529</a>; <a id="paragraph-218344" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Is equipped with a desk, chairs, filing space, a working telephone listed in the name of the dealership, working utilities including electricity and provisions for space heating, and an Internet connection and email address; <a id="paragraph-218345" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Displays a sign and business hours as required by this chapter; and <a id="paragraph-218346" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Has contiguous space designated for the exclusive use of the dealer adequate to permit the display of at least 10 <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>.
			Any dealer licensed on or before July 1, 1995, shall be considered in compliance with subdivisions 2 and 6 of this section for that licensee. <a id="paragraph-218347" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1510/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 865, &#xA7; 46.1-525.01; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 1998, c. 418; 2011, c. 791; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
