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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 490 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapter 92<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86506,"identifier":"46.2-1042","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1042","url":"\/46.2-1042\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1042\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1042","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standard for vehicle tire; sale of certain tires prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1042","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall sell or offer for sale, or have in his possession<\/span> with intent<\/span> to sell any motor vehicle<\/span> tire unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards established by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the federal Department<\/span> of Transportation and (ii) is marked in accordance with those standards.\n\t\tNo person shall knowingly operate on any highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth a Virginia registered motor vehicle<\/span> equipped with any regrooved or recut tire unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards established by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the federal Department<\/span> of Transportation and (ii) is marked in accordance with those standards.\n\t\tAny person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDARD FOR VEHICLE TIRE; SALE OF CERTAIN TIRES PROHIBITED; PENALTY (\u00a7\n46.2-1042)\n\nNo person shall sell or offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent to\nsell any motor vehicle tire unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards\nestablished by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National\nStandards Institute, Inc., or the federal Department of Transportation and (ii)\nis marked in accordance with those standards.\n\t\tNo person shall knowingly operate on any highway in the Commonwealth a\nVirginia registered motor vehicle equipped with any regrooved or recut tire\nunless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards established by the Society of\nAutomotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the\nfederal Department of Transportation and (ii) is marked in accordance with those\nstandards.\n\t\tAny person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class\n1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 490, \u00a7 46.1-295.2; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 92.","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}}