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No motor vehicle equipped with such tires shall be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth unless a permit therefor is first secured from the Department of Transportation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217344,"text":"Every tire, other than a pneumatic tire, made of rubber on a motor vehicle moved on any highway shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. 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It has been modified 4 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0585\">585<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0646\">646<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0780\">780<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59301,"identifier":"46.2-1041","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1041","url":"\/46.2-1041\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1041\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1041","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions as to solid rubber tires","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1041","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every tire, other than a pneumatic tire, made of rubber on a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> moved on any <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. No <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> equipped with such tires shall be operated on any <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth unless a permit therefor is first secured from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Transportation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS AS TO SOLID RUBBER TIRES (\u00a7 46.2-1041)\n\nEvery tire, other than a pneumatic tire, made of rubber on a motor vehicle moved\non any highway shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one\ninch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. No motor\nvehicle equipped with such tires shall be operated on any highway in the\nCommonwealth unless a permit therefor is first secured from the Department of\nTransportation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-299; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-295; 1989, c. 727; 2013,\ncc. 585, 646; 2019, c. 780.","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}}