                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES; AGREEMENTS WITH DEALERS (§ 46.2-205)

A. The Commissioner shall maintain his office in the Commonwealth at a location
which he determines to be appropriate. He may appoint agents and maintain branch
offices in the Commonwealth in whatever locations he determines to be necessary
to carry out this title.
			The personnel of each branch office and each agency shall be appointed by the
Commissioner and shall be bonded in an amount fixed by the Commissioner. The
person in charge of the branch office and each agency shall deposit daily in the
local bank, or at such other intervals as may be designated by the Commissioner,
to the account of the State Treasurer, all moneys collected, and shall submit
daily to the Commissioner, or at such other intervals as may be designated by
the Commissioner, a complete record of what each deposit is intended to cover.
The Commissioner shall not be held liable in the event of the loss of any moneys
collected by such agents resulting from their failure to deposit such money to
the account of the State Treasurer.
			The compensation of the personnel of each branch office and each agency is to
be fixed by the Commissioner. The compensation fixed for each nonautomated
agency for the purpose of maintaining adequate annual service to the public
shall be three and one-half percent of the first $500,000 of gross collections
made by the agency, two percent of the next $500,000 of gross collections made
by the agency, and one percent of all gross collections in excess of $1,000,000
made by the agency during each fiscal year.
			The compensation fixed for each automated agency for the purpose of
maintaining adequate annual service to the public shall be three and one-half
percent of gross collections made by the agency during each fiscal year.
			The compensation awarded shall belong to the agents for their services under
this section, and the Commissioner shall cause to be paid all freight, cartage,
premium on bond and postage, but not any extra clerk hire or other expenses
occasioned by their duties.

B. The Commissioner may enter into an agreement with any Virginia-licensed motor
vehicle dealer, recreational vehicle dealer, trailer dealer, or motorcycle
dealer to act as an agent of the Commissioner as provided in subsection A. Motor
vehicle dealers, recreational vehicle dealers, trailer dealers, and motorcycle
dealers who act as agents of the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles as authorized in this subsection shall be compensated as provided in
subsection A.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 46-29, 46-31; 1950, p. 299; 1954, c. 585; 1958, c. 541,
§§ 46.1-28, 46.1-30; 1970, c. 754; 1972, c. 408, 609; 1974, c. 48; 1979, c.
20; 1989, c. 727; 1999, c. 308; 2002, c. 110; 2003, c. 991; 2015, c. 615.