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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66138</law_id><section_number>46.2-2156</section_number><catch_line>Solicitation, booking, registration by other persons prohibited; storage-in-transit</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="V">Motor Carriers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Regulation of Property Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Household Goods Carriers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> except a certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span>, its parent, or its wholly owned subsidiary company, or other entity under complete ownership, or an employee of the above certificated carrier may solicit, book or register a shipment of household goods moving <span class="dictionary">intrastate</span> and only in the name of that certificated carrier. <a id="paragraph-240263" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2156/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> or employee of a certificated or a noncertificated carrier may act as an employee, representative, or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> for another certificated carrier for purpose of soliciting, booking or registering an <span class="dictionary">intrastate</span> shipment except as provided in subsection A of this section. No <span class="dictionary">person</span> or employee of a certificated carrier who solicits, books or registers <span class="dictionary">intrastate</span> shipments may be employed by a noncertificated carrier. <a id="paragraph-240264" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2156/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> may utilize the <span class="dictionary">services</span> of another certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> or a permitted <span class="dictionary">property carrier</span> that has complied with the minimum cargo insurance requirements of this chapter for storage and final delivery on storage-in-transit shipments at destination. A <span class="dictionary">property carrier</span> who does not hold a household goods <span class="dictionary">certificate of fitness</span> is prohibited from delivering a shipment for a greater distance than thirty road miles from the warehouse. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> with the delivering certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> or <span class="dictionary">property carrier</span> shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span>. <a id="paragraph-240265" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2156/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> may interchange or interline shipments with any other certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> provided both carriers hold proper authority to transport the shipment from origin to destination. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> with the delivering certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span> shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated <span class="dictionary">household goods carrier</span>. <a id="paragraph-240266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2156/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
