                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 46.2-1200)

As used in this article:
		&#8220;Abandoned motor vehicle&#8221; means a motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer that:

1. Weighs at least 75 pounds; and

2. (i) Is left unattended on public property for more than 48 hours in violation
of a state law or local ordinance;

   ii. has remained for more than 48 hours on private property without the
   consent of the property&#8217;s owner, regardless of whether it was brought
   onto the private property with the consent of the owner or person in control
   of the private property; or

   iii. is left unattended on the shoulder of a primary highway.
   				&#8220;Scrap metal processor&#8221; means any person who is engaged in the
   business of processing motor vehicles into scrap for remelting purposes who,
   from a fixed location, utilizes machinery and equipment for processing and
   manufacturing ferrous and nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades, and
   whose principal product is metallic scrap.
   				&#8220;Vehicle removal certificate&#8221; means a transferable document
   issued by the Department for any abandoned motor vehicle that authorizes the
   removal and destruction of the vehicle.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 421, § 46.1-555.1; 1978, c. 348; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 431;
2009, c. 664; 2011, cc. 487, 824; 2020, c. 977.