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2018 SESSION
18105048DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1540 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1540. Inspections prior to sale not required of certain sellers.
The provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring
inspection of any motor vehicle prior to sale at retail shall not apply to any
person conducting a public auction for the sale of motor vehicles at retail,
provided that the individual, firm, or business conducting the auction shall
not have taken title to the vehicle, but is acting as an agent for the sale of
the vehicle. Nor shall the provisions of §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1539 requiring
inspection of any motor vehicle prior to sale at retail apply to any (i)
new motor vehicle or vehicles sold on the basis of a special order
placed by a dealer with a manufacturer or dealer outside the
Commonwealth on behalf of a customer who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth
and takes delivery outside the Commonwealth [ or ,
] (ii) motor vehicle sold on the basis of a special order placed with a
dealer or manufacturer outside the Commonwealth by a dealer who makes
modifications to such vehicle prior to delivery to the first retail customer
who takes delivery outside the Commonwealth [ , or (iii) new
motor vehicle that has previously been inspected and displays a valid state
inspection sticker ] . Nor shall the provisions of §§ 46.2-1158
and 46.2-1539 requiring inspection of any trailer prior to sale at retail apply
to the sale of five or more used trailers with a gross weight of more than
10,000 pounds to the same buyer, provided that the trailers have a valid safety
inspection.
The provisions of this section shall also apply to watercraft trailers.