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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 167<\/a> 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. 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 2006, chapter 548<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 179<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205107,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74888,"identifier":"33.2-251","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-251","url":"\/33.2-251\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-251\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-251","dublin_core":{"Title":"Installation and maintenance of “children at play” signs in counties and towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-251","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body of any county or town may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> allowing the county or town to install and maintain, at locations specified in such agreement, signs alerting motorists that children may be at play nearby. The cost of the signs and their installation shall be paid by the county or town.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any county that has withdrawn its roads from the secondary state highway<\/span> system under the provisions of \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 and has not elected to return.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF “CHILDREN AT PLAY” SIGNS IN COUNTIES\nAND TOWNS (\u00a7 33.2-251)\n\nThe governing body of any county or town may enter into an agreement with the\nCommissioner of Highways allowing the county or town to install and maintain, at\nlocations specified in such agreement, signs alerting motorists that children\nmay be at play nearby. The cost of the signs and their installation shall be\npaid by the county or town.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any county that has\nwithdrawn its roads from the secondary state highway system under the provisions\nof \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 and has not elected to\nreturn.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 167, \u00a7 33.1-210.2; 2006, c. 548; 2012, c. 179; 2014, c. 805.","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}}