                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSEES TO UPDATE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES THAT ARE TO BE
DEMOLISHED OR DISMANTLED (§ 46.2-1608.2)

A. A licensed auto recycler may be exempted from the waiting period in
subsection B of § 46.2-1608.1 by:

   1. Entering into a contractual agreement with the Department to update records
   of motor vehicles to be demolished or dismantled if such motor vehicles either
   have been issued a certificate of title, salvage certificate, or nonrepairable
   certificate in the Commonwealth or are titled in another state. In addition to
   the contractual agreement, the licensed auto recycler shall be required to
   comply with the Department&#8217;s procedures for securely accessing and
   updating the Department&#8217;s records; and

   2. Notifying the Department that a motor vehicle is being demolished or
   dismantled or of the intention to demolish, dismantle, or reduce the motor
   vehicle to a state where it can no longer be considered a motor vehicle.
   Licensed auto recyclers shall electronically notify the Department of the
   demolished or dismantled vehicle&#8217;s certificate of title, salvage
   certificate, or nonrepairable certificate number and vehicle identification
   number.

B. Licensed auto recyclers in possession of the certificate of title, salvage
certificate, or nonrepairable certificate from the Commonwealth may demolish or
dismantle the subject motor vehicle. Licensed auto recyclers shall
electronically notify the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner
of the demolished or dismantled vehicle&#8217;s certificate of title, salvage
certificate, or nonrepairable certificate number and vehicle identification
number within required time frames pursuant to subsection D of &#xA7;
46.2-1603.1.

C. Licensed auto recyclers in possession of a certificate of title issued by
another state may demolish or dismantle the subject motor vehicle. Licensed auto
recyclers shall electronically notify the Department of the demolished or
dismantled vehicle&#8217;s certificate of title number, vehicle identification
number, year, make, and model within required time frames pursuant to subsection
D of &#xA7; 46.2-1603.1.

D. Licensed auto recyclers that do not possess a certificate of title, salvage
certificate, or nonrepairable certificate may demolish the subject motor vehicle
if the motor vehicle is a model year that is at least 10 years older than the
current model year. The licensed auto recycler shall provide electronically to
the Department the vehicle identification number and the year, make, and model
of the motor vehicle and shall remit to the Department the fees set out in
&#xA7; 46.2-627 and an additional $10 transaction fee. Upon receipt of such
notification, the Department shall check the records of a nationally recognized
crime database and the records of a nationally recognized vehicle title database
for owner and lienholder information. The licensed auto recycler may not
demolish or dismantle the vehicle until the Department has notified the licensed
auto recycler of the results of that inquiry. If a licensed auto recycler is not
in possession of the certificate of title, salvage certificate, or nonrepairable
certificate and the subject motor vehicle is of the current model year or of a
model year that is nine years old or less, that vehicle shall be processed in
accordance with &#xA7; 46.2-1202.

E. Nothing in this section shall release a licensed auto recycler from complying
with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1603.1, 46.2-1608, and 46.2-1608.1.

HISTORY: 2011, c. 279; 2015, cc. 33, 177; 2023, cc. 364, 365; 2024, cc. 216,
250.