{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-617","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-617","heading":"Sale of vehicle without certificate of title","body":"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.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.","path":["Title 46.2. MOTOR VEHICLES","Subtitle II. TITLING, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE","Chapter 6. TITLING AND REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES","Article 2. TITLING VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-617/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"565e29acd8c953ce1e9d7bf105b66fda4546be15091939f63c730ffded4d99b2","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-616","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-618"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}