§ 46.2-1956. Use of dealer's license plates on newly purchased vehicles
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1952, any dealer who sells and delivers to a purchaser a T&M vehicle at a time when the main offices of the Department, its branch offices, or offices of its local agents, are not open for business and the purchaser is therefore unable to register the T&M vehicle, may permit the purchaser to use, for a period not exceeding five days, on the newly purchased T&M vehicle, license plates which have been issued to the dealer, provided that, at the time of the purchase, the dealer executes in duplicate, on forms provided by the Commissioner, a certificate bearing the date of issuance, the name and address of the purchaser, the identification number of the T&M vehicle, the registration number to be used temporarily on the T&M vehicle, the name of the state in which the T&M vehicle is to be registered, and whatever other information may be required by the Commissioner. The original of the certificate and a bona fide bill of sale shall be delivered to the purchaser and shall be in the possession of the purchaser at all times when operating the T&M vehicle under dealer plates. One copy of the certificate shall be retained by the dealer, filed by him, and shall be subject to inspection at any time by the Department's agents. If the T&M vehicle is to be titled and registered in the Commonwealth, application for title and registration shall be made by the purchaser on the first business day following issuance of the certificate and a copy of the certificate shall accompany the applications.
License plates temporarily used by the purchaser shall be returned to the dealer by the purchaser not later than five days after the issuance of the certificate.
(1995, cc. 767, 816; 1996, cc. 1043, 1052.)
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