Virginia Dealer Manual - Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Virginia Dealer’s Manual
October 1, 2009
1.10.10 Exchange of Plates/Decals
If you change the type of your dealership, and this causes a change in the letter prefix on the dealer plates
you use, you must exchange your old plates for new ones bearing the correct prefix.
• You should submit to DMV/MVDB all old dealer plates and a completed DSD-9, “Application
for Dealer/Drive-Away/Office Trailers Plates”
1.10.11 Change in Corporate Status of Business Invalidates Plates
If ownership of your business is by an individual or partnership and changes to ownership by a
corporation, or vice versa, your old dealer plates may not be used by the new business.
In order to obtain valid dealer plates, you must:
a. return all old plates to DMV (You may not receive credit for or a refund for the unexpired plates)
b. apply for new dealer plates, just as if you were establishing a new dealership
1.10.12 Registration Card Furnished with Dealer Plates
DMV issues a registration card with each dealer plate purchased by your business. The registration card
indicates that the corresponding dealer plate is registered to your business and shows the type of your
dealership, the makes of the vehicles you carry, and your dealer certificate number.
1.10.13 Use of the Registration Card
Drivers must carry the registration card at all times in the vehicle on which the corresponding dealer plate
is being used. If a registration card is lost or destroyed, a reissue is available for a fee of $2.00 from any
CSC.
1.10.14 Liability Insurance Requirement
You must carry the minimum limits of liability on each dealer plate and maintain liability insurance as
long as the plate remains valid. If liability insurance is not maintained, dealer plates must be surrendered.
1.10.15 How to Obtain Dealer Promotional Plates
a. Submit a written request on a DSD-9A, “Application for Permanent/Temporary Dealer
Promotional Plates” from the dealership to DMV’s Dealer Services, along with promotional
materials, giving the name of the event and time frame.
b. request permission for the use of the plate; which may not exceed 30 consecutive days. An
extension may be requested by submitting a DSD-9B and promotional material to support the
extension.
c. Upon receipt of the request for use of the promotional plate and proper verification of the special
event, an authorization to use Promotional Plate (DSD-9B) will be sent to the dealer. The DSD-
9B must be kept in the vehicle on which the license plate is displayed until the expiration of the
authorization.
NOTE: Promotional plates will be prorated. Reissues are not authorized.
1.11 DLR 150-SALVAGE DEALERS & REBUILDERS
• Code of Virginia: § 46.2-1600, et seq.
- 23 - Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles