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Upon the establishment of such standards, permits to use such vehicles may be issued to persons owning vehicles meeting such standards by the officer in charge of the division of the Department of State Police having jurisdiction in the county, city, or town in which such person resides.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232496,"text":"The provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1002 through 46.2-1008 shall not apply to vehicles which are powered solely by electricity, capable of speeds of no more than fifteen miles per hour. The Superintendent may establish standards for safety equipment to be used on such vehicles. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 455 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70555,"section_number":"46.2-1002","catch_line":"Illegal possession or sale of certain unapproved equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1002\/"},{"id":56489,"section_number":"46.2-1008","catch_line":"Fees for approval certificates","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1008\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229149,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63811,"identifier":"46.2-1009","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/2\/46.2-1009","url":"\/46.2-1009\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1009\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/2\/46.2-1009","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions for certain electrically powered vehicles; standards and permits for such vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1009","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1002<\/a> through 46.2-1008<\/a> shall not apply to vehicles<\/span> which are powered solely by electricity, capable of speeds of no more than fifteen miles per hour. The Superintendent<\/span> may establish standards for safety equipment to be used on such vehicles<\/span>. Upon the establishment of such standards, permits to use such vehicles<\/span> may be issued to persons owning vehicles<\/span> meeting such standards by the officer in charge of the division of the Department<\/span> of State Police having jurisdiction<\/span> in the county, city, or town in which such person resides.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLES; STANDARDS AND PERMITS FOR\nSUCH VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-1009)\n\nThe provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1002 through 46.2-1008 shall not apply to vehicles\nwhich are powered solely by electricity, capable of speeds of no more than\nfifteen miles per hour. The Superintendent may establish standards for safety\nequipment to be used on such vehicles. Upon the establishment of such standards,\npermits to use such vehicles may be issued to persons owning vehicles meeting\nsuch standards by the officer in charge of the division of the Department of\nState Police having jurisdiction in the county, city, or town in which such\nperson resides.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 455, \u00a7 46.1-314.1; 1989, c. 727.","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}}