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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 62 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 1973 \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 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0036\">36<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0087\">87<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0314\">314<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0443\">443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58608,"identifier":"46.2-1140","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1140","url":"\/46.2-1140\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1140\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1140","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to use certain streets and highways in cities and towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1140","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">issues<\/span> a permit to a person to move a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> of excessive size and weight along specified <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in Virginia, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may also include within such permit, after coordinating with or notifying the authorities of a city or town, the authority to use specified <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> at specified times within any such city or town which <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> constitute extensions of any part of the primary <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> system. No city or town otherwise having <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over its <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span>, shall have authority to prohibit the use of its <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> to a person holding a permit issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> so long as such person travels upon the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> specified in the permit.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO USE CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN CITIES AND TOWNS (\u00a7 46.2-1140)\n\nWhen the Commissioner issues a permit to a person to move a vehicle of excessive\nsize and weight along specified highways in Virginia, the Commissioner may also\ninclude within such permit, after coordinating with or notifying the authorities\nof a city or town, the authority to use specified highways at specified times\nwithin any such city or town which highways constitute extensions of any part of\nthe primary highway system. No city or town otherwise having jurisdiction over\nits highways, shall have authority to prohibit the use of its highways to a\nperson holding a permit issued by the Commissioner so long as such person\ntravels upon the highways specified in the permit.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 62, \u00a7 46.1-343.3; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 36, 87; 2003, c.\n314; 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}}