                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF DEALER&#8217;S LICENSE PLATES ON NEWLY PURCHASED VEHICLES (§ 46.2-1552)

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1550, any dealer who sells and
delivers to a purchaser a motor vehicle at a time when the main offices of the
Department, its branch offices, or offices of its local agents, are not open for
business and the purchaser is therefore unable to register the vehicle, may
permit the purchaser to use, for a period not exceeding five days, on the newly
purchased vehicle, license plates which have been issued to the dealer, provided
that, at the time of the purchase, the dealer executes in duplicate, on forms
provided by the Commissioner, a certificate bearing the date of issuance, the
name and address of the purchaser, the identification number of the vehicle, the
registration number to be used temporarily on the vehicle, the name of the state
in which the vehicle is to be registered, and whatever other information may be
required by the Commissioner. The original of the certificate and a bona fide
bill of sale shall be delivered to the purchaser and shall be in the possession
of the purchaser at all times when operating the vehicle under dealer plates.
One copy of the certificate shall be retained by the dealer, filed by him, and
shall be subject to inspection at any time by the Department&#8217;s agents. If
the vehicle is to be titled and registered in the Commonwealth, application for
title and registration shall be made by the purchaser on the first business day
following issuance of the certificate and a copy of the certificate shall
accompany the applications.
		License plates temporarily used by the purchaser shall be returned to the
dealer by the purchaser not later than five days after the issuance of the
certificate.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 865, § 46.1-550.5:10; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 712.