Why Join VIADA?
VIADA provides benefits & services to members they are not always able to find on their own. With VIADA the dealer has educational and networking opportunities through our schools, workshops, town hall/district meetings, and annual convention and trade show.
Whether it’s creating an environment for sharing ideas, or serving as a place to come to for solutions to problems that arise, VIADA is the only organization in Virginia whose primary purpose is the welfare and success of the independent dealer.

Mission Statement
To inform, educate, and represent motor vehicle dealers in all forums, and to work in cooperation with other organizations to make the Commonwealth of Virginia a safer community for all.
 

Bills VIADA Addressed Before the General Assembly
1991 to Present
1991-1996
 

Clarified legislative language to allow independent dealers to buy and sell used motorcycles, motor homes and trailers with no additional licensing fee or $25,000 bonding requirement – VIADA INITIATIVE

Allow dealers to use their tags to demo vehicles on consignment from other dealers – VIADA BILL

Allow rental dealers to retrieve their vehicles that have been impounded without having to go through the courts – VIADA AMENDMENT
 

1997

1998

1999

Raised storage lien from $300 to $450 and mechanics lien from $500 to $750 – VIADA AMENDMENT kept storage lien at $300 and raised mechanics lien to $650

Allow processing fee to be that which is agreed upon by both buyer and seller and subject to Sales and Use Tax VIADA SUPPORTED

Require a lien holder to be notified if a vehicle is to be sold for delinquent taxes – VIADA SUPPORTED
 

2000

Allow insurance company to apply for an unbranded title if stolen vehicle is recovered without major damage – VIADA SUPPORTED
 

2003

2004

2005

Allow dealer to transfer customer’s plates if title is not present – VIADA BILL

Require applicant independent dealers to satisfactorily complete a course of study. – VIADA BILL

DMV to allow the use of the supplemental reassignment form without first completing all reassignment sections on the title – VIADA INITIATIVE

Worked with DMV on changes to the temporary tag procedures including allowing the issuing of a third set of tags – VIADA INITIATIVE

Worked with DMV to raise from three to five the number deals a dealer can transact at a CSC before returning to the end of line – VIADA INITIATIVE
 

2006

Permit “Print On Demand” temporary tags – VIADA SUPPORTED

Require all dealership employees involved in a sale to be licensed – VIADA SUPPORTED

DMV approved the process to allow dealers to title a vehicle in the dealership’s name on-line – VIADA INITIATIVE

A dealer-operator member was sited by a state trooper for personal use of a dealer tag in Stafford County. Others had been previously convicted of the same offence in the County’s District Court. VIADA’s attorney, at the request of the Association, successfully represented the member and convinced the Court that Dealers, Dealer-operators and their spouses, salespersons and employees of the dealer are allowed personal use of a dealer tag under existing Virginia Code. – VIADA INITIATIVE.
 

2007

2008

2009

BILLS DEFEATED BY VIADA
 

The following bills were introduced in the Virginia General Assembly over the last several years that VIADA opposed and were defeated, amended, or withdrawn by the bill’s patron.
 

• Increase Sales and Use Tax from 3% to 5%

• Raise minimum insurance limits on tow trucks to $750M

• Raise minimum liability limits on vehicles to $50/100/20

• Disclose damage to a vehicle in excess of 25%

• Require all drivers to carry proof of insurance including prospective customers on a demonstration ride

• Allow unlicensed persons to negotiate a sale

• Allow safety inspection stations to set their fees

• Require a dealer to provide customers with their local’s personal property tax form

• Cap a dealer’s processing fee at $25

• Misrepresentation of rental car availability added as an offence under the Consumer Protection Act

• Changes the penalty for a dealer who refused to allow access to their records from a civil penalty to a Class 1 misdemeanor

• Transfer responsibility for state inspection from the State Police to DMV

• Prohibit AS IS sales

• On the regulatory side; DMV’s move to issue all titles out of Richmond headquarters

• A used car lemon law

• Prohibit all personal use of “Dealer Tag”

• A requirement for all dealers to post a $25,000 bond after their first three years

• Notify DMV of all vehicles purchased or traded

• Post a list of all “Known Mechanical Defects” on all vehicles

• Furnish titles within two days in wholesale transactions