{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-6-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17A-6-5","heading":"License certificate exemption.","body":"(a) Any new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer, house trailer dealer, trailer dealer, recreational vehicle dealer, motorcycle dealer or wrecker/dismantler/rebuilder receiving a vehicle in trade of a type other than that he is licensed to sell hereunder may sell such vehicle without obtaining a license certificate to engage in the business of selling vehicles of such type and without being considered to be a dealer in vehicles of such type.\n(b) Any used motor vehicle dealer may obtain a new motor vehicle from a new motor vehicle dealer licensed in this state or any other state and sell the new motor vehicle without first obtaining a license to engage in the business of selling new motor vehicles: Provided, That the used motor vehicle dealer first titles the new motor vehicle in the name of the used motor vehicle dealer.","path":["CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.","ARTICLE 6. LICENSING OF DEALERS AND WRECKERS OR DISMANTLERS; SPECIAL PLATES; TEMPORARY PLATES OR MARKERS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-6-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:13Z","sha256":"d4a2bc5c73dd01c25648ad5b809350997c48183c757573f728b125cbd46edb12","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-6-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-6-5a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}