Bill Text: VA HB99 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Leased vehicles' registration; DMV to obtain name of business, street address, etc. of lessees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135) [HB99 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB99-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 99 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 6, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-619 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of leased vehicles. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Loupassi ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-619 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-619. New indicia of title; procedure as to leased vehicles.

When the Department receives a certificate of title properly assigned and acknowledged, accompanied by an application for registration, it shall register the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer described in the application and shall issue to the person entitled to it by reason of the transfer a new registration card, license plate, or plates and certificate of title in the manner and form and for the fees provided in this chapter for original registration. For leased vehicles, such application shall include [ , when available, ] (i) if the lessee is an individual, the name and residence street address of the lessee and the name of the locality in which the leased vehicle will be principally garaged or parked and (ii) if the lessee is a business, the name of the business, its street address, and the name of the locality in which the leased vehicle will be principally garaged or parked. The Department shall also make this information available to the commissioner of the revenue or other assessing officer of the locality in which the leased vehicle is to be principally garaged or parked. Nothing in this section shall permit the registration of all-terrain vehicles or off-road motorcycles titled pursuant to this title.