2014 Virginia Code
Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles
§ 46.2-1608. Maintenance and contents of records

A. Each licensee shall maintain a record of the receipt of any vehicle. Such record shall be maintained at the licensee's place of business. The record, at a minimum, shall contain:

1. A description of each vehicle purchased, exchanged, or acquired by the licensee, including, but not limited to, the model, make, year of the vehicle as well as the vehicle's title number with state of issuance and vehicle identification number;

2. The price paid for each vehicle;

3. The name and address of the seller from whom each vehicle is purchased, exchanged, or acquired;

4. The date and hour the purchase, exchange, or acquisition was made;

5. A photocopy of the seller's driver's license, state identification card, official United States military identification card, or any other form of personal identification with photograph;

6. A digital photograph of the seller, along with the vehicle that he is selling or exchanging with the licensee; and

7. The signature of the licensee and the seller as executed at the time of the purchase, exchange, or acquisition of the vehicle by the licensee.

B. If any major component, as defined in § 46.2-1600, is sold, the salvage dealer shall provide, upon request of any law-enforcement official, the information required by this section as to the vehicle from which the part was taken.

C. The provisions of subdivisions A 5 and A 6 shall not apply to vehicles when the licensee maintains a photocopy or electronic copy of one of the documents set out in § 46.2-1206 or this chapter.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to salvage pools as defined in § 46.2-1600, except that salvage pools shall maintain a record of the receipt of any vehicle that contains the date of receipt of the vehicle, its make, year, model, identification number, name, and address of the person from whom it was acquired, the vehicle's title number, and state of issuance.

1979, c. 401, § 46.1-550.13; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 148; 2000, c. 123; 2010, c. 873; 2014, c. 58.