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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74428</law_id><section_number>46.2-623</section_number><catch_line>Statements in application</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-603.1</reference><reference>46.2-631.1</reference><reference>58.1-3523</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="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Titling Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every application for a certificate of title shall contain (i) a statement of the applicant&#x2019;s title and of all <span class="dictionary">liens</span> or encumbrances on the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> and the names and addresses of all persons having any interest in the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> and the nature of every interest in the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>; (ii) the Social Security number, if any, of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> and, if the application is in the name of an employer for a business <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, the employer&#x2019;s identification number assigned by the United States Internal Revenue Service; and (iii) a <span class="dictionary">brief</span> description of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> to be titled or registered, including the name of the maker, the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> identification or serial number and, when titling or registering a new <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, the date of sale by the manufacturer or dealer to the person first operating the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>. <a id="paragraph-267466" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The lessor of a qualifying <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-3523/">58.1-3523</a>, shall send a report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for each such qualifying <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> containing (i) the name and address of the lessee as it appears in the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>; (ii) the social security number of the lessee; and (iii) the registration number of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> as described under Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Owner to secure registration and certificate of title or certificate of ownership" href="/46.2-600/">46.2-600</a> et seq.) of Chapter 6. <a id="paragraph-267467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Such lessor shall send a monthly report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, by the fifteenth day of the month or such later day as may be prescribed in the guidelines promulgated under &#xA7; 58.1-3532, listing any changes, additions or deletions to the information provided under subsection B as of the last day of the preceding month. <a id="paragraph-267468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The application for title or registration shall contain such additional information as may be required by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-267469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may require that an applicant present proof reasonably acceptable to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of the accuracy of information provided on the application, including proof of identity, and may refuse to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of title until such proof has been provided. <a id="paragraph-267470" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The application for registration shall include any additional information required to determine if the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is a qualifying <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-3523/">58.1-3523</a>. Any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> held in a trust shall be evaluated in the same manner as a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> owned by a natural person. <a id="paragraph-267471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-623/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-50; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-52; 1972, c. 230; 1989, c. 727; 1998, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2005, c. 305; 2006, c. 896; 2008, c. 171; 2012, c. 650; 2022, c. 237.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
