Virginia Dealer Manual - Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Virginia Dealer’s Manual
October 1, 2009
9. The purchaser must have available currently valid license plates to be
transferred to the vehicle.
10. You cannot issue a temporary registration receipt if the purchaser needs a reissue/renewal
or exchange of their present license plates from DMV, until that
has taken place.
7.3.5 How to Issue Temporary Registration Receipts
You cannot issue a temporary registration receipt if the plates to be transferred are not
registered in the name of the vehicle purchaser.
To issue a temporary registration receipt to a customer you must:
a. Keep one copy of the VSA-27 for your records.
b. Send one copy to DMV, to request that the transfer of plates and registration of
the newly purchased vehicle be processed and recorded in DMV’s files.
c. You should give one copy to your customer: the customer’s copy serves as
authorized proof that the transfer of plates was conducted in a legal manner with
you, the dealer, acting as an agent of DMV.
d. Complete VSA-27 “Temporary Registration Receipt” and distribute the copies as
indicated on the form.
Submit to DMV:
e. The third copy of the VSA-27 which serves as application for transfer of license
plates, along with appropriate fee. (See Chapter 5 for information on vehicle
licensing.)
f. Proper application for title and appropriate fees. (See Chapter 3 for Information
on Vehicle Titling)
g. Sales and Use Tax (See Chapter 4 for information on fee calculation)
h. UMV fee if applicable (see Chapter 6 for information on fee calculation)
i. If the vehicle is properly insured, do not collect the UMV fee.
j. If the vehicle is NOT insured, check the registration card of the vehicle the plates
were previously used on. If your customer paid the UMV fee for his previously
licensed vehicle, that fee will cover any vehicle to which they transfer the license
plates until the end of the registration period. (In other words, the UMV fee
covers the metal license plates until they expire) In this case, do not collect the
UMV fee.
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