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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365832</law_id><section_number>46.2-631</section_number><catch_line>When transferred certificate of title need not be forwarded</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1508.2</reference><reference>46.2-600</reference><reference>46.2-630</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Titling Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the transferee of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, <span class="dictionary">trailer</span>, or <span class="dictionary">semitrailer</span> is a dealer who holds it for resale and operates it only for sales purposes under a dealer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license plate</span>, the transferee shall not be required to register it nor forward the certificate of title to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Transfer and application for certificate of title forwarded to Department" href="/46.2-630/">46.2-630</a>, but the transferee, on transferring his title or interest to another person, shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of the transfer and shall endorse and acknowledge an assignment and warranty of title on the certificate and deliver it to the person to whom the transfer is made.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-86; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-90; 1988, c. 363; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>King v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>1230483</case_number><citation></citation><date>2024-10-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10160575/king-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: Goodwyn, C.J., Kelsey, McCullough, Chafin, Russell, and Mann, JJ. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Allstate Insurance Co. v. Atlanta Casualty Co.</name><case_number>Record 992352; Record 992354</case_number><citation>260 Va. 148</citation><date>2000-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059605/allstate-insurance-co-v-atlanta-casualty-co/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE KOONTZ .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
