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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364976</law_id><section_number>46.2-1415</section_number><catch_line>Automobile safety recalls</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="14.1">Peer-to-Peer Vehicle Sharing</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When a vehicle owner registers as a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> on a <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> and prior to when the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> makes a shared vehicle available for vehicle sharing on the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span>, the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-1359840" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and <a id="paragraph-1359841" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Notify the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> of the requirements under subsection B. <a id="paragraph-1359842" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. If the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> may not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> until the safety recall repair has been made. <a id="paragraph-1359843" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is available on the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span>, the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> shall remove the shared vehicle from the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, and such vehicle shall remain off of the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> until the safety recall repair has been made. <a id="paragraph-1359844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> receives an actual notice of a safety recall during a <span class="dictionary">vehicle sharing period</span>, such owner shall, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, notify the <span class="dictionary">peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform</span> about the safety recall so that the <span class="dictionary">shared vehicle owner</span> may address the safety recall repair. <a id="paragraph-1359845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1415/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 1266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
