Chap. 476.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 60 of The Motor Vehicle Code
of Virginia, relating to the reporting of motor vehicle accidents to re a
Police by automobile dealers and owners of garages. 471]

Approved April 2, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section sixty of the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 60. Garage keeper to report damaged and abandoned
vehicles—(a) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop
to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having
been involved in a serious motor vehicle accident with evidence of blood
stains or struck by a bullet shall report to the nearest police station or
to the State police within twenty-four (24) hours after such motor
vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number and
the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle if known.

(b) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop, or automo-
tive service or storage place shall report to the nearest police station or
to the State police any motor vehicle left unclaimed in his place of
business for more than two weeks when he does not of his own knowledge
know the name of the owner and the reason for such storage.

(c) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop shall
within twenty-four hours report to the Director of the Division of
Motor Vehicles any motor vehicle, other than an authorized police
or fire department vehicle, brought to his place of business upon which
is discovered any radio transmitter, any short wave radio receiver
capable of receiving radio transmission of a frequency greater than
1,600 kilocycles, any bullet-proof glass, or any smoke screen device
of any nature.

(d) All reports required in this section shall be made in writing
on appropriate forms furnished by the division.