§ 46.2-1908. Licenses required
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business in the Commonwealth as a T&M vehicle dealer, salesperson, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative or as a motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative as defined in § 46.2-1500, without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter. Every person licensed as a manufactured home dealer under Chapter 4.2 (§ 36-85.16 et seq.) of Title 36 shall obtain a certificate of dealer registration as provided in this chapter. Any person licensed in another state as a motor vehicle dealer or T&M vehicle dealer may sell motor vehicles or T&M vehicles at wholesale auctions in the Commonwealth after having obtained a certificate of dealer registration as provided in this chapter. Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, after having obtained a nonprofit organization certificate as provided in this chapter, may consign donated T&M vehicles to licensed Virginia T&M vehicle dealers. The offering or granting of a T&M vehicle dealer franchise in the Commonwealth shall constitute engaging in business in the Commonwealth for purposes of this section, and no new T&M vehicle may be sold or offered for sale in the Commonwealth unless the franchisor of T&M vehicle dealer franchises for that line-make in the Commonwealth, whether such franchisor is a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or otherwise, is licensed under this chapter. In the event a license issued under this chapter to a franchisor of T&M vehicle dealer franchises is suspended, revoked, or not renewed, nothing in this section shall prevent the sale of any new T&M vehicle of such franchisor's line-make manufactured in or brought into the Commonwealth for sale prior to the suspension, revocation or expiration of the license.
Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(1995, cc. 767, 816; 1997, c. 848; 2000, c. 180.)
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