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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » 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

§17A-6-1. Definitions

(a) Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article: (1) "New motor vehicle dealer" means every person (other than agents and employees, if any, while acting within the scope of their authority or employment), engaged in, or held out to the public to be engaged in, the […]

§17A-6-10. Fee Required for License Certificate; Dealer Special Plates

(a) The initial application fee for a license certificate to engage in the business of a new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer, house trailer dealer, trailer dealer, motorcycle dealer, recreational vehicle dealer or wrecker/dismantler/rebuilder is $250: Provided, That if an application for a license certificate is denied or refused in accordance with section […]

§17A-6-10a. Special Plates for Manufacturers and Transporters; Fee

(1) The initial application fee for a license certificate to engage in the business of a manufacturer or transporter shall be $250: Provided, That if an application for a license certificate is denied or refused in accordance with section six of this article, $125 shall be refunded to the applicant. The initial application shall entitle […]

§17A-6-10b. Special Plates for Financial Institutions; Fee

(1) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article, a financial institution may operate or move a vehicle upon the highways and streets of this state solely for the purposes of transporting such vehicle, in conjunction with a repossession or sale of said vehicle conducted in the ordinary course of such institution's business in […]

§17A-6-10c. Special Demonstration Plates for Dealers in Trailers, Truck-Tractors, Road-Tractors and Trucks; Application; Fee

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, a new motor vehicle dealer or used motor vehicle dealer engaged in the business of selling trailers, truck-tractors, road-tractors or trucks that demonstrates the motor vehicles under actual work conditions to potential purchasers shall obtain a special demonstration plate from the Division of Motor Vehicles. The motor […]

§17A-6-10d. Special Plates for Nonprofit Corporations Engaged in Research and Development

(a) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article, a nonprofit corporation engaged in research and development using motor vehicles pursuant to article twelve, chapter eighteen-b of this code and affiliated with institutions of higher education may operate or move a vehicle, either owned or in the possession of the nonprofit corporation upon the […]

§17A-6-11. Expiration of Special Plates

Every special plate or plates issued hereunder shall expire at midnight on June thirtieth next following the issuance thereof. A new plate or plates for the ensuing fiscal year may be obtained as specified in section ten of this article.

§17A-6-12. Operation of Vehicles Under Special Plates

A dealer holding an unexpired, unsuspended and unrevoked license certificate and owning a vehicle or vehicles of the type he is licensed to sell hereunder and which are otherwise required to be registered under this chapter may operate or move the same upon the streets and highways without registering each such vehicle upon condition that […]

§17A-6-13. Use of Special Plates; Records to Be Maintained by Dealer

(a) The Class D special plates and the Class D-U/C special plates authorized in this article may be used for any purpose on any motor vehicle owned by the dealer to whom issued and which is being operated with his or her knowledge and consent and not otherwise: Provided, That under no circumstances whatever may […]

§17A-6-14. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Certain Dealers Under Special Permits

The commissioner is hereby authorized to grant, in his discretion, special permits to a new motor vehicle dealer for use on new motor vehicles driven under their own power from the factory or distributing place of a manufacturer, or other dealer, to a place of business of such dealer, or from such place of business […]

§17A-6-15. Temporary Registration Plates or Markers

(a) In order to permit a vehicle which is sold to a purchaser by a dealer to be operated on the streets and highways pending receipt of the annual registration plate from the division for such vehicle, the commissioner may, subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth, deliver temporary vehicle registration plates or […]

§17A-6-15a. Temporary Registration Plates for Auto Mechanics; Fees

(a) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article, an auto mechanic may make application for access to the divisions electronic temporary plate issuance system established in 17A-6-15 for an auto mechanic temporary registration plate or plates as developed by the Division of Motor Vehicles. The auto mechanic temporary registration plate may be used […]

§17A-6-16. Records Must Be Kept and Maintained

(a) In addition to all other records herein required to be kept and maintained, each licensee shall keep and maintain a record in such form and for such period of time as may be prescribed by the commissioner of: (1) Every vehicle which is bought, sold, or exchanged by such licensee or received or accepted […]

§17A-6-17. Sales Instrument; Full Disclosure Required

Every vehicle sale at retail shall be evidenced by a sales instrument in writing which shall contain all of the agreements between the buyer and the seller, which shall be signed by the buyer and seller or a representative of either party, and a copy of which shall be delivered to the buyer before such […]

§17A-6-17a. Approved Practices

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a motor vehicle dealer may, consistent with applicable federal law and regulations, advance money to retire an amount owed against a motor vehicle used as a trade-in and finance repayment of that money in a retail installment contract.

§17A-6-18. Investigation; Matters Confidential; Grounds for Suspending or Revoking License or Imposing Fine; Suspension and Revocation Generally

(a) The commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether any provisions of this chapter have been or are about to be violated by a licensee. Any investigation shall be kept confidential by the commissioner and the division, unless and until the commissioner suspends or revokes the license certificate of the licensee involved or fines […]

§17A-6-18a. Motor Vehicle Dealers Advisory Board

(a) There is continued a Motor Vehicle Dealers Advisory Board to assist and to advise the commissioner on the administration of laws regulating the motor vehicle industry; to work with the commissioner in developing new laws, rules or policies regarding the motor vehicle industry; to advise the commissioner on setting documentary charges or similar charges […]

§17A-6-19. Notice of Refusal, or Suspension or Revocation, of License Certificate or of Suspension of Right to Issue Temporary Registration Plates or Markers or of Suspension of a Dealer Special Plate or Plates; Relinquishing License Certificate, Dealer Special Plate or Plates and Temporary Plates or Markers

(a) Whenever the commissioner shall refuse to issue a license certificate, or shall suspend or revoke a license certificate, or shall suspend the right of a dealer to issue temporary plates or markers under the provisions of section fifteen of this article, or shall suspend a dealer special plate or plates, he shall make and […]

§17A-6-1a. Unlawful to Be an Automobile Broker; Definition; Criminal Penalties

No person, except as provided below, shall arrange or offer to arrange for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, a transaction involving the sale of more than two new or used motor vehicles per calendar year. Such person shall be deemed an automobile broker: Provided, That a licensed new or used motor vehicle dealer […]

§17A-6-1b. Dealers Authorized to Issue Motor Vehicle Registration

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the division may allow a licensed motor vehicle dealer as defined in section one of this article, authority to issue or transfer motor vehicle registrations for vehicles sold by the dealer. The authority to issue and transfer motor vehicle registrations shall be contingent upon the dealer collecting […]