Except as provided in §§ 46.2-644.03 and 58.1-3942, any person who sells, trades, exchanges, or barters a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in the Commonwealth without first having secured a certificate of title for it or without legally having in his possession a certificate of title for the vehicle issued to its owner, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Sale of vehicle without certificate of title
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-617, under Chapter 6. Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles..
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-617