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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83352</law_id><section_number>46.2-1531</section_number><catch_line>Consignment vehicles; contract</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Conduct of Business</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle dealer</span> offering a vehicle for sale on consignment shall have in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> a consignment <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for the vehicle, executed and signed by the dealer and the consignor. The consignment <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall include:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The complete name, address, and the telephone number of the <span class="dictionary">owners</span>. <a id="paragraph-298627" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name, address, and dealer certificate number of the selling dealer. <a id="paragraph-298628" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A complete description of the vehicle on consignment, including the make, model year, vehicle identification number, and body style, except that <span class="dictionary">trailers</span> shall not be subject to the requirement for vehicle identification number or body style. <a id="paragraph-298629" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The beginning and termination dates of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-298630" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The percentage of <span class="dictionary">commission</span>, the amount of the <span class="dictionary">commission</span>, or the net amount the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> is to receive, if the vehicle is sold. <a id="paragraph-298631" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any fees for which the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> is responsible. <a id="paragraph-298632" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> A disclosure of all unsatisfied <span class="dictionary">liens</span> on the vehicle and the location of the certificate of title to the vehicle. <a id="paragraph-298633" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> A requirement that the motor vehicle pass a safety inspection prior to sale or, if the motor vehicle is found not to be in compliance with any safety inspection requirement after having been inspected, the dealer shall either take steps to bring it into compliance or furnish any buyer intending to use that vehicle on the public <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> a written disclosure, prior to sale, that the vehicle did not pass a safety inspection.
			Any dealer offering a vehicle for sale on consignment shall inform any prospective customer that the vehicle is on consignment.
			Dealer <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> shall not be <span class="dictionary">used</span> to demonstrate a vehicle on consignment except on (i) <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> with gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, excluding <span class="dictionary">RVs</span>, (ii) vehicles on consignment from another licensed <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle dealer</span>, and (iii) vehicles on consignment from a nonprofit organization certified pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensure of certain nonprofit organizations" href="/46.2-1508.1/">46.2-1508.1</a>. The <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> may be <span class="dictionary">used</span> if liability insurance coverage is in effect in the amounts prescribed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>.
			No vehicles except <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> shall be sold on consignment by <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> dealers.
			No vehicles except <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicles</span> shall be sold on consignment by <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicle</span> dealers.
			No vehicles other than trailers shall be sold on consignment by trailer dealers.
			The provisions of this section shall also apply to <span class="dictionary">watercraft trailers</span> and <span class="dictionary">watercraft trailer dealers</span>. <a id="paragraph-298634" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1531/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 865, &#xA7; 46.1-547.6; 1989, cc. 187, 727; 1993, c. 289; 2000, c. 180; 2013, c. 247; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
