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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 65 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 1976 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":229607,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64381,"identifier":"46.2-1050","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1050","url":"\/46.2-1050\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1050\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1050","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mufflers on motorcycles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1050","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span> not equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good working <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> and in constant operation.\n\t\tNo person shall remove or render inoperative, or cause to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement, any muffler or sound dissipative device on a <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMUFFLERS ON MOTORCYCLES (\u00a7 46.2-1050)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any\nmotorcycle not equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good\nworking order and in constant operation.\n\t\tNo person shall remove or render inoperative, or cause to be removed or\nrendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or\nreplacement, any muffler or sound dissipative device on a motorcycle.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 65, \u00a7 46.1-302.3; 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}}