CHAPTER 187

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-98, as amended, and 46.1-96 of
the Code of Virginia, relating to transfers of title to motor vehicles
by operation of law and registration of motor vehicles effective after
the death of the owner.

[S 519]

Approved March 13, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 46.1-98, as amended, and 46.1-96 of the Code of Virginia
be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.1-93. Transfer by operation of law.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in § 46.1-96 in the event of the transfer by operation of law of the
title or interest of an owner in and to a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-
trailer registered under the provisions of this chapter, to anyone as
legatee or distributee or as surviving joint owner or by an order in bank-
ruptcy or insolvency, execution sale, repossession upon default in the per-
forming of the terms of a lease or executory sales contract or otherwise
than by the voluntary act of the person whose title or interest is so
transferred, the transferee or his legal representative shall make applica-
tion to the Division for a certificate of title therefor, giving the name
and address of the person entitled thereto, and accompany such applica-
tion with the registration card and certificate of title previously issued
for the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, if available, together with
such instruments or documents of authority, or certified copies thereof,
as are required by law to evidence or effect a transfer of title or interest
in or to chattels in such case. The division shall cancel the registration
of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and issue a new certificate of
title to the person entitled thereto.

§ 46.1-96. Registration effective after death of owner.—Upon the
death of an owner of a registered motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer,
its registration shall continue in force as a valid registration until the
end of the year for which the license is issued or until the ownership
of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is transferred before the
end of such year by the executor or administrator of the estate of the
deceased owner or by a legatee or distributee of the estate, as provided
in § 46.1-92 or 46.1-93, or until the ownership thereof is transferred to a
new owner before the end of such year by the survivor of two joint
owners thereof.