2013 Code of Virginia
Title 46.2 - MOTOR VEHICLES.
Chapter 19.2 - Motorcycle Dealers
Section 46.2-1993.6 - Licenses required

§ 46.2-1993.6. Licenses required.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business in the Commonwealth as a motorcycle dealer, salesperson, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative, without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter. Any person licensed in another state as a motorcycle dealer may sell motorcycles at wholesale auctions in the Commonwealth after having obtained a certificate of dealer registration as provided in Chapter 19 (§ 46.2-1900 et seq.) of this title. 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 motorcycles to licensed Virginia motorcycle dealers. The offering or granting of a motorcycle dealer franchise in the Commonwealth shall constitute engaging in business in the Commonwealth for purposes of this section, and no new motorcycle may be sold or offered for sale in the Commonwealth unless the franchisor of motorcycle 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 motorcycle dealer franchises is suspended, revoked, or not renewed, nothing in this section shall prevent the sale of any new motorcycle 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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative engaged in the manufacture or distribution of all-terrain vehicles or off-road motorcycles that does not also manufacture or does not also distribute in Virginia any motorcycle designed for lawful use on the public highways shall not be required to obtain a license from the Department as provided in this chapter.

Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1996, cc. 1043, 1052; 1997, c. 848; 2000, c. 180; 2003, c. 334.)