                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDS REQUIRED OF PERSONS RENTING MOTOR VEHICLES WITHOUT DRIVERS; INSPECTIONS;
INSURANCE (§ 46.2-108)

A. Every person engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles without
drivers who rents any vehicle without a driver, otherwise than as a part of a
bona fide transaction involving the sale of the motor vehicle, shall maintain a
record of the identity of the person to whom the vehicle is rented and the exact
time the vehicle is the subject of the rental or in possession of the person
renting and having the use of the vehicle. These records shall be public records
and open to inspection by any person damaged as to his person or property by the
operation of the vehicle or by law-enforcement personnel in the discharge of
their duties. Any person who has been damaged as to his person or property may
require a production of the written record in person or by his authorized agent
or attorney.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person who rents a motor vehicle as provided in
this section to fail to make or have in possession or to refuse an inspection of
the record required in this section.

C. The Commissioner shall prescribe and the owner shall use the form for the
keeping of the record provided in this section.

D. No person engaged in the business of renting automobiles and trucks without
drivers shall rent any vehicle without a driver unless the vehicle is an insured
motor vehicle as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-705. A violation of this subsection
shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-191; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-14; 1960, c. 141; 1972, c.
373; 1978, c. 605; 1980, c. 9; 1989, c. 727.