2014 Virginia Code
Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles
§ 46.2-1992.33. Inspections prior to sale not required of certain sellers


VA Code § 46.2-1992.33 (2014) What's This?

The provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1992.32 requiring inspection of any vehicle prior to sale at retail shall not apply to any person conducting a public auction for the sale of vehicles at retail, provided that the individual, firm, or business conducting the auction has not taken title to the trailer, but is acting as an agent for the sale of the trailer. Nor shall the provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1992.32 requiring inspection of any vehicle prior to sale at retail apply to any new trailer or trailers sold on the basis of a special order placed by a dealer with a manufacturer outside Virginia on behalf of a customer who is a nonresident of Virginia and takes delivery outside Virginia. Nor shall the provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1992.32 requiring inspection of any trailer prior to sale at retail apply to the sale of five or more used trailers, to the same buyer, provided the trailers have a valid safety inspection, of trailers with a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds.

The provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers.

1996, cc. 1043, 1052.

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