{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-1202.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-1202.1","heading":"Vehicle Removal Certificates","body":"The person in possession of an abandoned vehicle shall obtain from the Department in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner, a Vehicle Removal Certificate at no fee. If the Department finds no record for the vehicle, the vehicle may then be sold or transferred to a licensee or a scrap metal processor, as defined in § 46.2-1600. Upon such sale or transfer, the completed Vehicle Removal Certificate and receipt produced pursuant to § 46.2-1202 shall be given to the licensee or scrap metal processor.2009, c. 664; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 374.","path":["Title 46.2. Motor Vehicles","Subtitle III. Operation","Chapter 12. Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking","Article 1. Abandoned Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-1202.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"cbad7a006c7a9ab7c1b1d2bde20a3e14be247a85ff2baf50a8146beab84405fd","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-1202","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-1202.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}