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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62224</law_id><section_number>46.2-631</section_number><catch_line>When transferred certificate of title need not be forwarded</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1508.2</reference><reference>46.2-600</reference><reference>46.2-630</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><p>When the transferee of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, <span class="dictionary">trailer</span>, or <span class="dictionary">semitrailer</span> is a dealer who holds it for resale and operates it only for sales purposes under a dealer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plate</span>, the transferee shall not be required to register it nor forward the certificate of title to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Transfer and application for certificate of title forwarded to Department" href="/46.2-630/">46.2-630</a>, but the transferee, on transferring his title or interest to another person, shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of the transfer and shall endorse and acknowledge an assignment and warranty of title on the certificate and deliver it to the person to whom the transfer is made.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-86; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-90; 1988, c. 363; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
