Bill Text: VA HB627 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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-Prefiled.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 or (ii) motor vehicle sold on
the basis of a special order placed by or with a
dealer who makes modifications to
such vehicle prior to
delivery to the first retail customer. 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.
