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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70871</law_id><section_number>46.2-1557</section_number><catch_line>Use of certain foreign-registered motor vehicles in driver education programs</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="5">Dealer's License Plates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Dealer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> may be displayed on <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> <span class="dictionary">used</span> by Virginia school systems in connection with <span class="dictionary">driver</span> education programs approved by the State <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Education. In the event of such use of a motor vehicle or vehicles by a school system, any dealer, his employees and <span class="dictionary">agents</span> furnishing the motor vehicle or vehicles shall be immune from liability in any suit, claim, action, or <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span>, including but not limited to, actions or claims for injury to persons or property arising out of such use. Nothing in this section shall authorize the sale of any motor vehicle or vehicles so <span class="dictionary">used</span> in such <span class="dictionary">driver</span> education program as a <span class="dictionary">demonstrator</span> vehicle.
		Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-1500/">46.2-1500</a> and <a class="law" title="Operation under foreign dealer's license" href="/46.2-1556/">46.2-1556</a>, school divisions either (i) bordering on Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, or West Virginia, or (ii) located in Accomack or Northampton County may use <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> bearing foreign <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle dealer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plates</span> in connection with their <span class="dictionary">driver</span> education programs.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 865, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.1-550.5:8, 46.1-550.5:15; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
