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2022 SESSION
Be 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 may be
searched prior to transfer of vehicle ownership. Participants shall collect
from the purchaser of the new motor vehicle any fee charged for the search of
the nationally recognized motor vehicle title database. 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.