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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 1968, chapter 730; in 1980, chapter 13; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65386,"section_number":"46.2-1105","catch_line":"Width of vehicles generally; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1105\/"},{"id":73980,"section_number":"46.2-1108","catch_line":"Bus widths to comply with federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1108\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228689,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75724,"identifier":"46.2-1082","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1082","url":"\/46.2-1082\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1082\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1082","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mirrors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1082","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall drive a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth if the vehicle is not equipped with a mirror which reflects to the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> a view of the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> for a distance of not less than 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle.\n\t\tNo <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> registered in the Commonwealth, designed and licensed primarily for passenger vehicular transportation on the public <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> and manufactured after 1968 shall be driven on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth unless equipped with at least one outside and at least one inside rear view mirror meeting the requirements of this section.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the other provisions of this section, no <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> which either has no rear window, or which has a rear window so obstructed as to prevent rearward vision by means of an inside rear view mirror, shall be required to be equipped with an inside rear view mirror if such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> has horizontally and vertically adjustable outside rear view mirrors installed on both sides of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in such a manner as to provide the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> a rearward view along both sides of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> for at least 200 feet.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMIRRORS (\u00a7 46.2-1082)\n\nNo person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway in the Commonwealth if the\nvehicle is not equipped with a mirror which reflects to the driver a view of the\nhighway for a distance of not less than 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle.\n\t\tNo motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth, designed and licensed\nprimarily for passenger vehicular transportation on the public highways and\nmanufactured after 1968 shall be driven on the highways in the Commonwealth\nunless equipped with at least one outside and at least one inside rear view\nmirror meeting the requirements of this section.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the other provisions of this section, no motor vehicle which\neither has no rear window, or which has a rear window so obstructed as to\nprevent rearward vision by means of an inside rear view mirror, shall be\nrequired to be equipped with an inside rear view mirror if such motor vehicle\nhas horizontally and vertically adjustable outside rear view mirrors installed\non both sides of such motor vehicle in such a manner as to provide the driver of\nsuch motor vehicle a rearward view along both sides of such motor vehicle for at\nleast 200 feet.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-294; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-289; 1968, c. 730; 1980, c.\n13; 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}}