                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF DEALER&#8217;S LICENSE PLATES OR TEMPORARY TRANSPORT PLATES FOR
DEMONSTRATING TRUCKS OR TRACTOR TRUCKS (§ 46.2-1552.1)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, dealer&#8217;s license
plates issued under § 46.2-1548 and temporary transport plates issued under §
46.2-1550.2 may be used on trucks or tractor trucks in the inventory of licensed
motor vehicle dealers for the purpose of demonstrating trucks or tractor trucks
in the inventory of a licensed dealer by a bona fide prospective purchaser. Any
such demonstration vehicle may be loaded in a manner consistent with the
prospective purchaser&#8217;s usual commercial activities. Such use of
dealer&#8217;s license plates on demonstration trucks or tractor trucks in a
prospective purchaser&#8217;s commercial activities shall be for not more than
three days or 750 miles, whichever comes first, and shall not thereafter be used
on the same truck or tractor truck by the same prospective purchaser for a
period of sixty days. The dealer shall issue to the prospective purchaser, or to
his authorized agent, a certificate on forms provided by the Department, a copy
of which shall be retained by the dealer and open at all times to the inspection
of the Commissioner or any of the officers or agents of the Department. The
certificate shall be in the immediate possession of the person operating or
authorized to operate the truck or tractor truck. The certificate shall entitle
the person to operate with the dealer&#8217;s license plate or temporary
transport plate for a specific period of no more than three days. This
certificate shall be in lieu of any other registration, permit, and motor fuel
road tax identification otherwise required by law.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 503; 1997, c. 283.