                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION ON THEFT OR EMBEZZLEMENT OF VEHICLE; NOTICES (§
46.2-610)

Whenever the owner of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is stolen
or embezzled notifies the Department directly or through law-enforcement
authorities of the theft or embezzlement, the Department shall immediately
suspend the registration of that motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer until
such time as it shall be notified that the owner has recovered his motor
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. In the event of an embezzlement the owner
shall obtain a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with the
embezzlement before the Department shall suspend the registration. Any such
suspension shall be effective only for the current registration period in which
the notice was given. If during that period the motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer is not recovered, a new notice may be given with like effect during
the ensuing period. Every owner who has given a notice of theft or embezzlement
shall immediately notify the Department of the recovery of his motor vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-4; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-60; 1989, c. 727.