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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 588 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74495,"section_number":"46.2-655","catch_line":"Reciprocity required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-655\/"},{"id":84388,"section_number":"46.2-661","catch_line":"Extension of reciprocal privileges","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-661\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228955,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54921,"identifier":"46.2-1132","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1132","url":"\/46.2-1132\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1132\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1132","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of process in weight violation cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1132","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person, whether resident or <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span>, who permits the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in the Commonwealth by his <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> or employee shall be deemed to have appointed the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> his statutory <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> for the purpose of <span class=\"dictionary\">service of process<\/span> in any proceeding against such person growing out of any weight violation involving such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>. Acceptance by a <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span> of the rights and <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> conferred by \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Reciprocity required\" href=\"\/46.2-655\/\">46.2-655<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Extension of reciprocal privileges\" href=\"\/46.2-661\/\">46.2-661<\/a> shall have the same effect under this section as operation of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> by such <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span>, his <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>, or his employee.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE OF PROCESS IN WEIGHT VIOLATION CASES (\u00a7 46.2-1132)\n\nAny person, whether resident or nonresident, who permits the operation of a\nmotor vehicle in the Commonwealth by his agent or employee shall be deemed to\nhave appointed the operator of such motor vehicle his statutory agent for the\npurpose of service of process in any proceeding against such person growing out\nof any weight violation involving such motor vehicle. Acceptance by a\nnonresident of the rights and privileges conferred by \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-655 through\n46.2-661 shall have the same effect under this section as operation of such\nmotor vehicle by such nonresident, his agent, or his employee.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 588, \u00a7 46.1-341.01; 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}}