CHAPTER 141

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-14 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to records required of persons renting motor vehicles without drivers.

[H 2383]
Approved March 2, 1960
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-14 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:
§ 46.1-14. (a) Every person or persons 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. 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
any traffic or police department in the discharge of his duty. Any person
who has been damaged as to his person or property may require a pro-
duction of such written record in person or by his duly authorized agent
or attorney. Whenever any motor vehicle shall be rented for a period in
excess of thirty days, the owner or his agent shall furnish the Commis-
sioner with a record of the name and address of the person to whom such
vehicle is rented and the date on which such rental is to terminate. A like
ee shall be furnished to the Commissioner on each renewal of any such
rental.

(b) It shall be a misdemeanor for any such person who shall rent
a motor vehicle as herein provided to fail to make or have in possession
or to refuse an inspection of the record required in this section. _

(c) The Commissioner shall prescribe a form for the keeping of the
record provided in this section and the owner shall use such form.