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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-2401 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-2401. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly shows otherwise the term or phrase:
"Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth.
"Daily rental passenger car" shall mean a motor vehicle, except a motorcycle used for rental as defined in this section and for the transportation of persons and having a gross vehicle weight of 9,000 pounds or less.
"Department" shall mean the Department of Motor Vehicles of this Commonwealth, acting through its duly authorized officers and agents.
"Gross proceeds" shall mean the charges made or voluntary contributions received for the rental of a motor vehicle where the rental or lease agreement is for a period of less than twelve months.
"Mobile office" shall mean an industrialized building unit not subject to the federal regulation, which may be constructed on a chassis for the purpose of towing to the point of use and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, for commercial use and not for residential use; or two or more such units separately towable, but designed to be joined together at the point of use to form a single commercial structure, and which may be designed for removal to, and installation or erection on other sites.
"Motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle, except for mobile office as herein defined, which is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion and every vehicle drawn by or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, including mobile homes as defined in § 46.2-100 and every device in, upon and by which any person or property is, or can be, transported or drawn upon a highway, but excepting devices moved by human or animal power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and vehicles, other than mobile homes, used in this Commonwealth but not required to be licensed by the Commonwealth.
"Rental" shall mean the transfer of the possession or use of a motor vehicle, whether or not the motor vehicle is required to be licensed by the Commonwealth, by a person for a consideration, without the transfer of the ownership of such motor vehicle, for a period of less than twelve months. Any fee arrangement between the holder of a permit issued by the State Corporation Commission for taxicab services and the driver or drivers of such taxicabs shall not be deemed a rental under this section.
"Rental in the Commonwealth" shall mean any rental where a person received delivery of a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth. The term "Commonwealth" shall include all land or interest in land within the Commonwealth owned by or conveyed to the United States of America.
"Rentor" shall mean a person engaged in the rental of motor vehicles for consideration as defined in this section.
"Sale" shall mean any transfer of ownership or possession, by exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, of a motor vehicle. The term shall also include a transaction whereby possession is transferred but title is retained by the seller as security. The term shall not include a transfer of ownership or possession made to secure payment of an obligation, nor shall it include a refund for, or replacement of, a motor vehicle of equivalent or lesser value pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (§ 59.1-207.9 et seq.). Where the replacement motor vehicle is of greater value than the motor vehicle replaced, only the difference in value shall constitute a sale.
"Sale price" shall mean the total price paid for a motor vehicle and all attachments thereon and accessories thereto, as determined by the Commissioner, exclusive of any federal manufacturers' excise tax, without any allowance or deduction for trade-ins or unpaid liens or encumbrances. However, "sale price" shall not include the cost of controls, lifts, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes or any other equipment installed in or added to a motor vehicle which is required by law or regulation as a condition for operation of a motor vehicle by a handicapped person.