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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 1958, chapter 541; in 1964, chapter 628; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2006, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0529\">529<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0538\">538<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76491,"section_number":"46.2-1051","catch_line":"Local ordinances; vehicle exhaust","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1051\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67673,"identifier":"46.2-1047","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1047","url":"\/46.2-1047\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1047\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1047","dublin_core":{"Title":"Muffler cutout, etc., illegal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1047","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any (i) muffler without interior baffle plates or other effective muffling device or (ii) gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">moped<\/span>, or motorized skateboard or foot-scooter equipped with a gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMUFFLER CUTOUT, ETC., ILLEGAL (\u00a7 46.2-1047)\n\nIt shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any (i) muffler without interior\nbaffle plates or other effective muffling device or (ii) gutted muffler, muffler\ncutout, or straight exhaust. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on\nthe highways in the Commonwealth a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard\nor foot-scooter equipped with a gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight\nexhaust.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-306; 1950, p. 54; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-302; 1964, c.\n628; 1989, c. 727; 2006, cc. 529, 538; 2013, c. 783.","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}}