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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 332 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72756,"identifier":"18.2-509","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-509","url":"\/18.2-509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-509\/","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employment of lights under certain circumstances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person in any motor vehicle or otherwise who, between a half hour after sunset on any day and a half hour before sunrise the following day, employs a light attached to such vehicle, or employs a spotlight to cast a light beyond the surface of the roadway upon any poultry house or other building inhabited by animals that causes such animals to panic or become injured, except upon his own land or upon private land on which he has permission, shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYMENT OF LIGHTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (\u00a7 18.2-509)\n\nAny person in any motor vehicle or otherwise who, between a half hour after\nsunset on any day and a half hour before sunrise the following day, employs a\nlight attached to such vehicle, or employs a spotlight to cast a light beyond\nthe surface of the roadway upon any poultry house or other building inhabited by\nanimals that causes such animals to panic or become injured, except upon his own\nland or upon private land on which he has permission, shall be guilty of a Class\n4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 332.","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}}