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It has been modified 3 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 1962, chapter 302; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60282,"section_number":"46.2-1087","catch_line":"Forfeiture of vehicles equipped with smoke projectors, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1087\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86884,"identifier":"46.2-1086","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1086","url":"\/46.2-1086\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1086\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1086","dublin_core":{"Title":"Devices for emission of smoke screens, gas projectors or flame throwers; prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1086","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> to install or to aid or abet in installing, in any manner, in or on any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> any device, appliance, equipment, or instrument of any kind, character, or description, or any part of such device, appliance, equipment, or instrument, designed for generating or emitting smoke, thereby creating what is commonly known as a &#8220;smoke screen,&#8221; or of emitting any gas or flame which may be a hindrance or obstruction to traffic. 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It\nshall also be a Class 6 felony to knowingly possess or drive on the highways any\nmotor vehicle so equipped.\n\t\tAdditionally, the driver&#8217;s license of any person convicted of a\nviolation of this section shall be suspended for six months from the date of\nconviction.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles used in applying\nherbicides, insecticides, or pesticides.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-309; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-305; 1962, c. 302; 1989, c.\n727.","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}}