Except as provided in §§ 46.2-644.03 and 58.1-3942, any person who sells, trades, exchanges, or barters a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in the Commonwealth without first having secured a certificate of title for it or without legally having in his possession a certificate of title for the vehicle issued to its owner, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-617
Sale of vehicle without certificate of title
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Altegra Credit Co. v. Banks (In Re Banks) (2001)
Most recently applied in Altegra Credit Co. v. Banks (In Re Banks) (March 2001)
Code 1950, § 46-7; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-88; 1968, c. 605; 1978, c. 605; 1988, c. 363; 1989, c. 727; 2009, c. 664; 2012, c. 623.
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