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2022 SESSION
22102212DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-603.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-603.1. Electronic titling and registration program.
TheA. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, the Department may establish an
electronic titling program for any "new
motor vehicle" as that term is defined in §
46.2-1500. Participants in the electronic titling program
shall submit electronic applications for original
motor vehicle titles in a form and format prescribed by the Department.
Participants must provide all documentation or information required by the
Department to process the electronic title application, including an electronic information from a
manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of
ownership and any information required by the Department in
accordance with § 46.2-623. The records of a nationally recognized motor
vehicle title database shall be searched prior to transfer of vehicle
ownership. Participants who are motor vehicle
dealers shall collect from the purchaser of the a
new motor vehicle as defined in §
46.2-1500 any fee charged for the search of the nationally
recognized motor vehicle title database. The Department shall
collect any such fee from participants that are
purchasers of motor vehicles buying from sellers other than motor vehicle
dealers. The Department may impose a reasonable service fee
in accordance with fair market prices for the use of digital signature services
as part of this program. Such fees shall be used to defray the costs of the
transaction to the Department. Any transaction fees imposed and
collected by the Department shall be paid into the state
treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the
Department. Upon receipt of a completed electronic
application, the Department shall refrain from issuing a certificate of title
in paper form and, instead, shall create only the electronic record of such
title to be retained by the Department in its existing electronic title record
system with a notation that no certificate of title has been printed on paper.
The owner of a motor vehicle will be deemed to have obtained and the Department
will be deemed to have issued a certificate of title when such title record has
been created electronically as provided in this section. An owner listed on a
title record so created may at any time request and the Department shall
provide a paper certificate of title for the vehicle.
B. Upon receipt of a completed electronic application, the Department shall permit the online registration of a motor vehicle by participants, and is hereby authorized to issue a temporary certificate of registration to participants. The temporary certificate of registration issued by the Department to participants shall expire when the permanent license plates have been affixed to the motor vehicle, but in no event shall any temporary certificate of registration issued under this section be effective for more than 30 days from the date of its issuance.