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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 634 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1992, chapters 119 and 405; in 1993, chapter 181.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65234,"section_number":"40.1-100","catch_line":"Certain employment prohibited or limited","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-100\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75465,"section_number":"46.2-664","catch_line":"Vehicles used for spraying fruit trees and other plants","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-664\/"},{"id":54507,"section_number":"46.2-665","catch_line":"Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-665\/"},{"id":74797,"section_number":"46.2-666","catch_line":"Vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-666\/"},{"id":70298,"section_number":"46.2-667","catch_line":"Farm machinery and tractors","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-667\/"},{"id":65118,"section_number":"46.2-670","catch_line":"Vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport certain wood products","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-670\/"},{"id":82778,"section_number":"46.2-672","catch_line":"Certain vehicles transporting fertilizer, cotton, or peanuts","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-672\/"},{"id":61031,"section_number":"46.2-698","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date \u2014 see Acts 2019, cc. 837 and 846) Fees for farm vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-698\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82626,"identifier":"46.2-1099","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/13\/46.2-1099","url":"\/46.2-1099\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1099\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/13\/46.2-1099","dublin_core":{"Title":"Further exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1099","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article shall not apply to:\n\t\tThe transporting of any child in a vehicle having an interior design which makes the use of such device impractical; or\n\t\tThe transporting of children by public transportation, bus, school bus<\/span>, or farm vehicle<\/span>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “farm vehicle<\/span>” means a vehicle which is either (i) exempt from registration pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-664<\/a>, 46.2-665<\/a>, 46.2-666<\/a>, 46.2-667<\/a>, 46.2-670<\/a>, or \u00a7 46.2-672<\/a>, (ii) registered as a farm vehicle<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-698<\/a>, or (iii) owned by a resident of another state under whose laws<\/span> the vehicle is either registered as a farm vehicle<\/span> or exempt from registration by virtue of its use as a farm vehicle<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURTHER EXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 46.2-1099)\n\nThis article shall not apply to:\n\t\tThe transporting of any child in a vehicle having an interior design which\nmakes the use of such device impractical; or\n\t\tThe transporting of children by public transportation, bus, school bus, or\nfarm vehicle.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “farm vehicle” means a vehicle\nwhich is either (i) exempt from registration pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-664,\n46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-667, 46.2-670, or \u00a7 46.2-672, (ii) registered as a\nfarm vehicle pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-698, or (iii) owned by a resident of another\nstate under whose laws the vehicle is either registered as a farm vehicle or\nexempt from registration by virtue of its use as a farm vehicle.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 634, \u00a7 46.1-314.6; 1989, c. 727; 1992, cc. 119, 405; 1993, c.\n181.","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}}