                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TO WHOM TEMPORARY PLATES SHALL NOT BE ISSUED; DEALER TO FORWARD APPLICATION FOR
CURRENT TITLING AND REGISTRATION; MISSTATEMENTS AND FALSE INFORMATION (§
46.2-1561)

No dealer shall issue, assign, transfer, or deliver temporary license plates to
other than the bona fide purchaser or owner of a vehicle, whether or not the
vehicle is to be registered in the Commonwealth. If the vehicle is to be
registered in the Commonwealth, the dealer shall submit to the Department a
written application for the current titling and registration of the purchased
vehicle, accompanied by the prescribed fees. Any dealer who issues temporary
license plates to a purchaser who fails or declines to request that his
application be forwarded promptly to the Department forthwith shall notify the
Department of the issuance in the manner provided in this article. No dealer
shall lend temporary license plates to any person for use on any vehicle. If the
dealer does not have in his possession the certificate of title or certificate
of origin he may issue temporary license plates even though the purchaser has
current license plates to be transferred. The dealer shall present the title or
certificate of origin to the customer or transfer vehicle ownership in
accordance with § 46.2-603.1 within 30 days of purchase and after this
transaction is completed the customer shall transfer his current license plates
to the vehicle. If the title or certificate of origin cannot be produced for a
vehicle or the dealer fails to transfer vehicle ownership in accordance with §
46.2-603.1 within 30 days, a second set of temporary license plates may be
issued provided that a temporary certificate of registration is issued as
provided in § 46.2-1542. It shall be unlawful for any person to issue any
temporary license plates containing any misstatement of fact, or for any person
issuing or using temporary license plates knowingly to insert any false
information on their face.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 865, § 46.1-550.5:19; 1989, c. 727; 2005, c. 558; 2012, c.
650; 2015, c. 615.