CHAPTER 88

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered
§ 56-804.2:1 80 as to provide for the regulation and identification of
certain leased motor vehicles. (H 277]

Approved February 21, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered § 56-304.2:1 as follows:

§ 56-304.2:1. Every lessor of a truck or tractor who leases it under
a written contract for less than thirty days, or who leases it under an oral
contract, shall comply with the provisions of this Title 56 applicable to
contract carriers relating to warrants, classification plates, permits and
insurance. .

Every lessor of a truck or tractor who leases it under a written con-
tract for thirty days or longer shall comply with the provisions of this
Title 56 applicable to contract carriers relating to warrants and classi-
fication plates; and the name of the lessee, as well as the name of the
lessor, shall appear in the warrant; and no person other than the lessee
named in the warrant shall operate or cause to be operated the vehicle
on the highways of this State.