                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 58.1-1735)

The definitions in § 46.2-1408 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this
article.		As used in this article, unless the context requires a different
meaning:		&#8220;Daily rental vehicle&#8221; means a motor vehicle used for
rental as defined in this section and for the transportation of persons or
property, whether on its own structure or by drawing another vehicle or
vehicles, except (i) a motorcycle or a manufactured home as defined in §
46.2-100 or (ii) a shared vehicle as defined in § 46.2-1408.		&#8220;Gross
proceeds&#8221; means the charges made or voluntary contributions received for
the rental or peer-to-peer vehicle sharing of a motor vehicle where the rental,
lease, or vehicle sharing platform agreement is for a period of less than 12
months. The term &#8220;gross proceeds&#8221; shall not include:

1. Cash discounts allowed and actually taken on a rental contract;

2. Finance charges, carrying charges, service charges, or interest from credit
given on a rental contract;

3. Charges for motor fuels;

4. Charges for optional accidental death insurance;

5. Taxes or fees levied or imposed pursuant to Chapter 24 (&#xA7; 58.1-2400 et
seq.);

6. Any violations, citations, or fines and related penalties and fees;

7. Delivery charges, pickup charges, recovery charges, or drop charges;

8. Pass-through charges;

9. Transportation charges;

10. Third-party service charges; or

11. Refueling surcharges.
			&#8220;Mobile office&#8221; means an industrialized building unit not subject
to 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.			&#8220;Motor vehicle&#8221;
means every vehicle, except for a mobile office as herein defined, that is
self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion and every vehicle drawn by or
designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, including manufactured homes as defined
in &#xA7; 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 manufactured homes, used in the
Commonwealth but not required to be licensed by the
Commonwealth.			&#8220;Rental&#8221; means 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 12 months. Any
fee arrangement between the holder of a permit issued by the Department of Motor
Vehicles for taxicab services and the driver or drivers of such taxicabs shall
not be deemed a rental under this section. Any fee arrangement between a
licensed driver training school and a student in that school, whereby the
student may use a vehicle owned or leased by the school to perform a road skills
test administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall not be deemed a
rental under this section.			&#8220;Rental in the Commonwealth&#8221; means any
rental where a person received delivery of a motor vehicle within the
Commonwealth. The term &#8220;Commonwealth&#8221; shall include all land or
interest in land within the Commonwealth owned by or conveyed to the United
States of America.			&#8220;Rentor&#8221; means a person engaged in the rental
of motor vehicles for consideration as defined in this section.

HISTORY: 2011, cc. 405, 639; 2013, c. 84; 2020, c. 1266.