2014 Virginia Code
Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles
§ 46.2-1992.6. Licenses required
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business in the Commonwealth as a trailer dealer, salesperson, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative, without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter. Every person licensed as a watercraft dealer under Chapter 8 (§ 29.1-800 et seq.) of Title 29.1 and who offers for sale watercraft trailers, shall obtain a certificate of dealer registration as provided in this chapter, but shall not be required to obtain a dealer license unless he also sells other types of trailers. Any person licensed in another state as a trailer dealer may sell trailers 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 trailers to licensed Virginia trailer dealers. The offering or granting of a trailer dealer franchise in the Commonwealth shall constitute engaging in business in the Commonwealth for purposes of this section, and no new trailer may be sold or offered for sale in the Commonwealth unless the franchisor of trailer 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 trailer dealer franchises is suspended, revoked, or not renewed, nothing in this section shall prevent the sale of any new trailer 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.
1996, cc. 1043, 1052; 1997, c. 848; 2000, c. 180.
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