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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 211 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1989, chapter 727; in 2004, chapters 947<\/a> and 973<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 830<\/a> and 896<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 490<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67673,"section_number":"46.2-1047","catch_line":"Muffler cutout, etc., illegal","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1047\/"},{"id":67729,"section_number":"46.2-1300","catch_line":"Powers of local authorities generally; erection of signs and markers; maximum penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229611,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76491,"identifier":"46.2-1051","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1051","url":"\/46.2-1051\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1051\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/5\/46.2-1051","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local ordinances; vehicle exhaust","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1051","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town may, by ordinance<\/span>, regulate noise from a vehicle<\/span> operated on a highway<\/span> that is not equipped with a muffler and exhaust system conforming to §§ 46.2-1047<\/a> and 46.2-1049<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The provisions of subsection E of § 46.2-1300<\/a> shall not apply to ordinances<\/span> adopted pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL ORDINANCES; VEHICLE EXHAUST (\u00a7 46.2-1051)\n\nA. The governing body of any county, city, or town may, by ordinance, regulate\nnoise from a vehicle operated on a highway that is not equipped with a muffler\nand exhaust system conforming to §§ 46.2-1047 and 46.2-1049.\n\nB. The provisions of subsection E of § 46.2-1300 shall not apply to\nordinances adopted pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 211, \u00a7 46.1-302.4; 1989, c. 727; 2004, cc. 947, 973; 2006,\ncc. 830, 896; 2022, c. 490.","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}}