46.2-610 - Suspension of registration on theft or embezzlement of vehicle; notices. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-610. Suspension of registration on theft or embezzlement of vehicle;notices.

Whenever the owner of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which isstolen or embezzled notifies the Department directly or throughlaw-enforcement authorities of the theft or embezzlement, the Departmentshall immediately suspend the registration of that motor vehicle, trailer, orsemitrailer until such time as it shall be notified that the owner hasrecovered his motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer. In the event of anembezzlement the owner shall obtain a warrant for the arrest of the personcharged with the embezzlement before the Department shall suspend theregistration. Any such suspension shall be effective only for the currentregistration period in which the notice was given. If during that period themotor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is not recovered, a new notice may begiven with like effect during the ensuing period. Every owner who has given anotice of theft or embezzlement shall immediately notify the Department ofthe recovery of his motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer.

(Code 1950, § 46-4; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-60; 1989, c. 727.)