Bill Text: VA HB627 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Inspections prior to sale; exception, certain special orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027) [HB627 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB627-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §46.2-1540 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§46.2-1540. Inspections prior to sale not required of certain sellers.
The provisions of §§46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring
inspection of any motor vehicle prior to sale at retail shall not apply to any
person conducting a public auction for the sale of motor vehicles at retail,
provided that the individual, firm, or business conducting the auction shall
not have taken title to the vehicle, but is acting as an agent for the sale of
the vehicle. Nor shall the provisions of §§46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring
inspection of any motor vehicle prior to sale at retail apply to any (i)
new motor vehicle or vehicles sold on the basis of a special order
placed by a dealer with a manufacturer or dealer outside the
Commonwealth on behalf of a customer who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth
and takes delivery outside the Commonwealth, (ii) motor vehicle sold on the
basis of a special order placed with a dealer or manufacturer outside the
Commonwealth by a dealer who makes modifications to such vehicle prior to
delivery to the first retail customer who takes delivery outside the
Commonwealth, or (iii) new motor vehicle that has previously been inspected and
displays a valid Virginia state inspection sticker. Nor shall the
provisions of §§46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring inspection of any trailer
prior to sale at retail apply to the sale of five or more used trailers with a
gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds to the same buyer, provided that the
trailers have a valid safety inspection.
The provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers.
