                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPORTS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT; LOCAL ORDINANCE; HOLDING PERIOD; PENALTY (§
46.2-1608.1)

A. The governing body of any county, city, or town may by ordinance require each
licensee within the jurisdiction to make a written or electronic report of the
information required to be maintained by &#xA7; 46.2-1608, at the request of the
police department or sheriff, on a daily basis or such other frequency as
requested by the police department or sheriff, of every purchase, exchange or
acquisition of any salvage or scrap vehicle. The ordinance may also require that
the photocopy of the seller&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license, state identification
card, official United States military identification card, or any other form of
personal identification with photograph and a copy of the digital photograph
required by &#xA7; 46.2-1608 be electronically transmitted to the police
department or sheriff on a weekly basis at an electronic address to be provided.
Any local governing body, by such ordinance, may assess and retain a fine of not
more than $2,500 for its violation.

B. No licensee shall crush, flatten, or otherwise reduce a vehicle to a state
where it can no longer be considered a vehicle until it has been in his
possession for up to 10 days unless the vehicle is accompanied by proper
documentation pursuant to subsection C. This subsection shall not apply to
inoperable vehicles. For purposes of this subsection, an &#8220;inoperable
vehicle&#8221; shall mean any vehicle that is physically damaged beyond use or
any vehicle that does not contain or have an engine in running condition or does
not have any other essential parts required for operation of the vehicle.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles when the licensee
maintains a photocopy or electronic copy of one of the documents set out in
&#xA7; 46.2-1206 or this chapter.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to scrap metal processors as
defined in &#xA7; 59.1-136.1 or to salvage pools as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-1600.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 873.