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The permit shall extend the single axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, tandem axle weight limit of 34,000 pounds, and gross weight limit based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by a maximum of five percent. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a motor vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds, nor shall any such permit authorize any extension of the limitations provided in \u00a7 46.2-1127 for interstate highways.\n\t\tPermits under this section shall be valid for one year and the fee shall be $250.\n\t\tSuch fee shall be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530 to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee paid into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1129, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall be tolerated.\n\t\tVehicles that are registered as farm use vehicles as provided in \u00a7 46.2-698 may operate as authorized under this section without a permit or the payment of any fee; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7 46.2-1129, such vehicle shall be required to apply for and receive a permit and pay the permit fee to operate as authorized in this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258999,"text":"The owner of any motor vehicle may obtain an extension of single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight set forth in this article by purchasing an overload permit for such vehicle. The permit shall extend the single axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, tandem axle weight limit of 34,000 pounds, and gross weight limit based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by a maximum of five percent. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a motor vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds, nor shall any such permit authorize any extension of the limitations provided in \u00a7 46.2-1127 for interstate highways.\n\t\tPermits under this section shall be valid for one year and the fee shall be $250.\n\t\tSuch fee shall be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530 to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee paid into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1129, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall be tolerated.\n\t\tVehicles that are registered as farm use vehicles as provided in \u00a7 46.2-698 may operate as authorized under this section without a permit or the payment of any fee; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7 46.2-1129, such vehicle shall be required to apply for and receive a permit and pay the permit fee to operate as authorized in this section.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13887,"edition_id":1,"name":"Maximum Vehicle Weights","identifier":"17","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12828,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:11","permalink":{"id":228897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13887,"identifier":"17","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12828,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228599,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12828,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":56026,"structure_id":13887,"section_number":"46.2-1122","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-1122\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1122","metadata":false},{"id":63431,"structure_id":13887,"section_number":"46.2-1123","catch_line":"Weight of vehicles and loads","url":"\/46.2-1123\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1123","metadata":false},{"id":81854,"structure_id":13887,"section_number":"46.2-1124","catch_line":"Maximum single axle weight, generally; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 695 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1988, chapter 669; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0283\">283<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0265\">265<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0534\">534<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0443\">443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":75488,"section_number":"46.2-1126","catch_line":"Maximum gross weight, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1126\/"},{"id":64956,"section_number":"46.2-1129","catch_line":"Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1129\/"},{"id":84732,"section_number":"46.2-1142.1","catch_line":"Extensions of overweight limits authorized under \u00a7 46.2-1142 for vehicles used to haul concrete; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1142.1\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":79744,"section_number":"46.2-1127","catch_line":"Weight limits for vehicles using interstate highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1127\/"},{"id":64956,"section_number":"46.2-1129","catch_line":"Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1129\/"},{"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":228927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71884,"identifier":"46.2-1128","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1128","url":"\/46.2-1128\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1128\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1128","dublin_core":{"Title":"Extensions of weight limits; fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1128","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> may obtain an extension of single axle, tandem axle, and <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> set forth in this article by purchasing an overload permit for such vehicle. The permit shall extend the <span class=\"dictionary\">single axle weight<\/span> limit of 20,000 pounds, <span class=\"dictionary\">tandem axle weight<\/span> limit of 34,000 pounds, and <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> limit based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by a maximum of five percent. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> whose <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> exceeds 84,000 pounds, nor shall any such permit authorize any extension of the limitations provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Weight limits for vehicles using interstate highways\" href=\"\/46.2-1127\/\">46.2-1127<\/a> for interstate <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span>.\n\t\tPermits under this section shall be valid for one year and the fee shall be $250.\n\t\tSuch fee shall be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the <span class=\"dictionary\">Highway<\/span> Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund\" href=\"\/33.2-1530\/\">33.2-1530<\/a> to be used to assist in funding needed <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee paid into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall make the permit available to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> registered within the Commonwealth. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products\" href=\"\/46.2-1129\/\">46.2-1129<\/a>, no weights in excess of those authorized by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> shall be tolerated.\n\t\t<span class=\"dictionary\">Vehicles<\/span> that are registered as farm use <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Contingent effective date \u2014 see Acts 2019, cc. 837 and 846) Fees for farm vehicles\" href=\"\/46.2-698\/\">46.2-698<\/a> may operate as authorized under this section without a permit or the payment of any fee; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products\" href=\"\/46.2-1129\/\">46.2-1129<\/a>, such vehicle shall be required to apply for and receive a permit and pay the permit fee to operate as authorized in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXTENSIONS OF WEIGHT LIMITS; FEES (\u00a7 46.2-1128)\n\nThe owner of any motor vehicle may obtain an extension of single axle, tandem\naxle, and gross weight set forth in this article by purchasing an overload\npermit for such vehicle. The permit shall extend the single axle weight limit of\n20,000 pounds, tandem axle weight limit of 34,000 pounds, and gross weight limit\nbased on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by a maximum of five\npercent. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a motor\nvehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds, nor shall any such permit\nauthorize any extension of the limitations provided in \u00a7 46.2-1127 for\ninterstate highways.\n\t\tPermits under this section shall be valid for one year and the fee shall be\n$250.\n\t\tSuch fee shall be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the Highway\nMaintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530 to be used\nto assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and\nrehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee paid into the state treasury and\nset aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered\noutside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are\napplicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may\npromulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this\nsection and \u00a7 46.2-1129, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall\nbe tolerated.\n\t\tVehicles that are registered as farm use vehicles as provided in \u00a7 46.2-698\nmay operate as authorized under this section without a permit or the payment of\nany fee; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits\npermitted by this section and \u00a7 46.2-1129, such vehicle shall be required to\napply for and receive a permit and pay the permit fee to operate as authorized\nin this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 695, \u00a7 46.1-339.01; 1988, c. 669; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283;\n2002, c. 265; 2006, c. 534; 2012, c. 443.","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}}