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It has been modified 5 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 1956, chapter 639; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0053\">53<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>; in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0689\">689<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54889,"identifier":"46.2-1011","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1011","url":"\/46.2-1011\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1011\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1011","dublin_core":{"Title":"Headlights on motor vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1011","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> other than a <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">autocycle<\/span>, road roller, road machinery, or tractor used on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> shall be equipped with at least two headlights as approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> at the front of and on opposite sides of the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>.\n\t\tSuch headlights shall not have any aftermarket modifications that cause the headlights to appear as a blue <span class=\"dictionary\">light<\/span>; however, such prohibition shall not be construed to prohibit the installation and use of headlights of types approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-1011)\n\nEvery motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, autocycle, road roller, road\nmachinery, or tractor used on a highway shall be equipped with at least two\nheadlights as approved by the Superintendent at the front of and on opposite\nsides of the motor vehicle.\n\t\tSuch headlights shall not have any aftermarket modifications that cause the\nheadlights to appear as a blue light; however, such prohibition shall not be\nconstrued to prohibit the installation and use of headlights of types approved\nby the Superintendent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-265; 1956, c. 639; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-260; 1989, c.\n727; 2014, cc. 53, 256; 2023, c. 689.","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}}