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Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive, hazardous or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to the use, by a law-enforcement officer while in the discharge of official duties, of any device designed to deflate tires. The Division of Purchase and Supply shall, pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1112, set minimum standards for such devices and shall give notice of such standards to law-enforcement offices in the Commonwealth. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 322; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1997, chapter 136<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81448,"section_number":"2.2-1112","catch_line":"Standardization of materials, equipment and supplies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1112\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167381,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73759,"identifier":"18.2-324","token":"18.2\/7\/8\/18.2-324","url":"\/18.2-324\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-324\/","token":"18.2\/7\/8\/18.2-324","dublin_core":{"Title":"Throwing or depositing certain substances upon highway; removal of such substances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-324","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nail, tack, wire, can, or any other substance likely to injure any person or animal, or damage any vehicle upon such highway, nor shall any person throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any soil, sand, mud, gravel or other substances so as to create a hazard to the traveling public. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive, hazardous or injurious material<\/span> shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to the use, by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer while in the discharge of official duties, of any device designed to deflate tires. The Division of Purchase and Supply shall, pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1112<\/a>, set minimum standards for such devices and shall give notice of such standards to law<\/span>-enforcement offices in the Commonwealth. No such device shall be used which does not meet or exceed the standards.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHROWING OR DEPOSITING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES UPON HIGHWAY; REMOVAL OF SUCH\nSUBSTANCES (\u00a7 18.2-324)\n\nNo person shall throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any\nglass bottle, glass, nail, tack, wire, can, or any other substance likely to\ninjure any person or animal, or damage any vehicle upon such highway, nor shall\nany person throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any soil,\nsand, mud, gravel or other substances so as to create a hazard to the traveling\npublic. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any\nhighway any destructive, hazardous or injurious material shall immediately\nremove the same or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or\ndamaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious\nsubstance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any persons violating the\nprovisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to the use, by a law-enforcement officer while in\nthe discharge of official duties, of any device designed to deflate tires. The\nDivision of Purchase and Supply shall, pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1112, set minimum\nstandards for such devices and shall give notice of such standards to\nlaw-enforcement offices in the Commonwealth. No such device shall be used which\ndoes not meet or exceed the standards.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33.1-350; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1997, c. 136.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}