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The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by five percent, respectively. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a motor vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall permit the operation on an interstate highway of any vehicle with (i) a single axle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds, or (ii) a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii) a gross weight, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in \u00a7 46.2-1126, or (iv) a gross weight, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of 80,000 pounds. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tWeight extensions provided in this section shall be in addition to those provided in \u00a7 46.2-1128, but no weights beyond those permitted by the combination of the extensions provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1128 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; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7 46.2-1128, such vehicle shall no longer be permitted to operate as authorized in this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236339,"text":"The owner of any motor vehicle used for hauling Virginia-grown forest or farm products, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-4709, from the place where they are first produced, cut, harvested, or felled to the location where they are first processed may obtain from the Commissioner an extension for such vehicle of the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by five percent, respectively. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a motor vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall permit the operation on an interstate highway of any vehicle with (i) a single axle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds, or (ii) a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii) a gross weight, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in \u00a7 46.2-1126, or (iv) a gross weight, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of 80,000 pounds. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tWeight extensions provided in this section shall be in addition to those provided in \u00a7 46.2-1128, but no weights beyond those permitted by the combination of the extensions provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1128 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; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7 46.2-1128, such vehicle shall no longer be permitted 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 669 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 1988 \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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0283\">283<\/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":71884,"section_number":"46.2-1128","catch_line":"Extensions of weight limits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1128\/"},{"id":68997,"section_number":"46.2-1137","catch_line":"Weighing vehicles; procedure; shifting loads; unloading excess load; weighing fee; certificate as to accuracy of scales admissible in evidence; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1137\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69243,"section_number":"3.2-4709","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4709\/"},{"id":75488,"section_number":"46.2-1126","catch_line":"Maximum gross weight, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1126\/"},{"id":71884,"section_number":"46.2-1128","catch_line":"Extensions of weight limits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1128\/"},{"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":228931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64956,"identifier":"46.2-1129","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1129","url":"\/46.2-1129\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1129\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1129","dublin_core":{"Title":"Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1129","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> used for hauling Virginia-grown forest or farm products, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/3.2-4709\/\">3.2-4709<\/a>, from the place where they are first produced, cut, harvested, or felled to the location where they are first processed may obtain from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> an extension for such vehicle of the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> limits based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by five percent, respectively. 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.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall permit the operation on an interstate <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> of any vehicle with (i) a <span class=\"dictionary\">single axle weight<\/span> in excess of 20,000 pounds, or (ii) a <span class=\"dictionary\">tandem axle weight<\/span> in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii) a <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span>, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Maximum gross weight, generally\" href=\"\/46.2-1126\/\">46.2-1126<\/a>, or (iv) a <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span>, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of 80,000 pounds. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tWeight extensions provided in this section shall be in addition to those provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Extensions of weight limits; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-1128\/\">46.2-1128<\/a>, but no weights beyond those permitted by the combination of the extensions provided in this section and \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Extensions of weight limits; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-1128\/\">46.2-1128<\/a> 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; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Extensions of weight limits; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-1128\/\">46.2-1128<\/a>, such vehicle shall no longer be permitted to operate as authorized in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURTHER EXTENSIONS OF WEIGHT LIMITS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES HAULING VIRGINIA-GROWN\nFARM OR FOREST PRODUCTS (\u00a7 46.2-1129)\n\nThe owner of any motor vehicle used for hauling Virginia-grown forest or farm\nproducts, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-4709, from the place where they are first\nproduced, cut, harvested, or felled to the location where they are first\nprocessed may obtain from the Commissioner an extension for such vehicle of the\nsingle axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits set forth in this title. The\npermit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and gross weight limits set\nforth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and\ngross weight limits based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by\nfive percent, respectively. However, no such permit shall authorize the\noperation of a motor vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 84,000 pounds.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall permit the operation on an\ninterstate highway of any vehicle with (i) a single axle weight in excess of\n20,000 pounds, or (ii) a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii)\na gross weight, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in \u00a7\n46.2-1126, or (iv) a gross weight, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of\n80,000 pounds. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such\npermits.\n\t\tWeight extensions provided in this section shall be in addition to those\nprovided in \u00a7 46.2-1128, but no weights beyond those permitted by the\ncombination of the extensions provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1128 shall be\ntolerated.\n\t\tVehicles that are registered as farm use vehicles as provided in \u00a7 46.2-698\nmay operate as authorized under this section; provided, however, that should\nsuch vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and \u00a7\n46.2-1128, such vehicle shall no longer be permitted to operate as authorized in\nthis section.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 669, \u00a7 46.1-339.02; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283; 2006, c. 534;\n2012, 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}}