§ 82-1-12. Records required of persons renting motor vehicles without drivers; inspections; insurance.

(a)

Every person engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles without drivers who shall rent any such vehicle without a driver, otherwise than as a part of a bona fide transaction involving the sale of such motor vehicle, shall maintain a record of the identity of the person to whom the vehicle is rented and the exact time the vehicle is the subject of such rental or in possession of the person renting and having the use of the vehicle.

(b)

Every such record shall be a public record and open to inspection by any person damaged as to his person or property by the operation of the vehicle or by any member of the Police Department in the discharge of his duty.

(c)

Any person who has been damaged as to his person or property may require a production of such written record upon application in person or by his duly authorized agent or attorney.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person who shall rent a motor vehicle as provided in this Section to fail to make or have in possession or to refuse an inspection of the record required in this Section.

(e)

The owner shall use such forms for the keeping of the record provided for in this Section as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles of this State or by the County Executive.

(f)

No person engaged in the business of renting automobiles and trucks without drivers shall rent any such vehicle without a driver unless such vehicle is an insured motor vehicle as defined in Code of Virginia, Section 46.2-105. A violation of this Subsection shall constitute a misdemeanor. (3-13-63; 1961 Code, § 16-12; 34-78-82; 26-81-82.)

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7. For similar state law, see Va. Code Ann., § 46.2-108.