West Virginia § 17D-5-1 Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited

West Virginia Statutes

§ 17D-5-1 — Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited

West Virginia § 17D-5-1

Ch. 17DMOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LAW

Art. 5VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER; PENALTIES

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W. Va. Code § 17D-5-1 (2026).

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If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the commissioner is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall in any wise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the commissioner is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall in any wise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.