46.2-1993.58 - To whom temporary plates shall not be issued; dealer to forward application for current titling and registration; misstatements and false information.
§ 46.2-1993.58. To whom temporary plates shall not be issued; dealer toforward application for current titling and registration; misstatements andfalse information.
No dealer shall issue, assign, transfer, or deliver temporary license platesto other than the bona fide purchaser or owner of a motorcycle, whether ornot the motorcycle is to be registered in Virginia. If the motorcycle is tobe registered in Virginia, the dealer shall submit to the Department awritten application for the current titling and registration of the purchasedmotorcycle, accompanied by the prescribed fees. Any dealer who issuestemporary license plates to a purchaser who fails or declines to request thathis application be forwarded promptly to the Department forthwith shallnotify the Department of the issuance in the manner provided in this article.No dealer shall issue temporary license plates to any person who possessescurrent license plates for a motorcycle that has been sold or exchanged, norshall any dealer lend temporary license plates to any person for use on anyvehicle. If the dealer does not have in his possession the certificate oftitle or certificate of origin, he shall issue temporary license plates eventhough the purchaser has current license plates to be transferred. The dealershall present the title or certificate of origin to the customer withinthirty days of purchase and after this transaction is completed, the customershall transfer his current license plates to the motorcycle. If the title orcertificate of origin cannot be produced for a vehicle within thirty days, asecond set of temporary license plates may be issued provided that atemporary certificate of ownership is issued as provided in § 46.2-1993.35.It shall be unlawful for any person to issue any temporary license platescontaining any misstatement of fact, or for any person issuing or usingtemporary license plates knowingly to insert any false information on theirface.
(1996, cc. 1043, 1052.)