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No such permit shall be issued for a total gross weight in excess of 40,000 pounds for a two-axle vehicle, or of more than 60,000 pounds for a three-axle vehicle. Such permit shall be obtained annually at the time the vehicle is registered. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tNo such permit shall authorize the operation of any vehicle enumerated in this section beyond the boundary of the county or city where it is principally garaged or for a distance of more than 25 miles from the place where it is principally garaged, whichever is greater. However, the permit shall not designate the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicable to other vehicles in their general use of the highways. Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed of 10 miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45, and 35 miles per hour speed limit zones.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be as provided in \u00a7 46.2-1140.1.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the terms “solid waste” and “hazardous waste” shall have the meanings provided in \u00a7 10.1-1400.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":229119,"text":"The Commissioner, upon written application by the owner or operator of vehicles used exclusively for hauling solid waste other than hazardous waste, shall issue a permit authorizing the operation on the highway of such vehicles at gross weights in excess of those set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1126.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight of more than 20,000 pounds or a tandem axle weight of more than 40,000 pounds. 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Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed of 10 miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45, and 35 miles per hour speed limit zones.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be as provided in \u00a7 46.2-1140.1.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the terms “solid waste” and “hazardous waste” shall have the meanings provided in \u00a7 10.1-1400.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14086,"edition_id":1,"name":"Permits for Excessive Size and Weight","identifier":"18","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12828,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:50","permalink":{"id":228991,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14086,"identifier":"18","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/18\/","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":68738,"structure_id":14086,"section_number":"46.2-1139","catch_line":"Permits for excessive size and weight generally; 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This law was first created in 1973. 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 36<\/a> and 87<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 314<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84539,"section_number":"10.1-1400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1400\/"},{"id":75488,"section_number":"46.2-1126","catch_line":"Maximum gross weight, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1126\/"},{"id":59875,"section_number":"46.2-1140.1","catch_line":"Annual overweight permits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62856,"identifier":"46.2-1144","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1144","url":"\/46.2-1144\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1144\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1144","dublin_core":{"Title":"Overweight permits for solid waste haulers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1144","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span>, upon written application by the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of vehicles<\/span> used exclusively for hauling solid waste other than hazardous waste, shall issue<\/span> a permit authorizing the operation on the highway<\/span> of such vehicles<\/span> at gross weights<\/span> in excess of those set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1126<\/a>.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight of more than 20,000 pounds or a tandem axle weight of more than 40,000 pounds. No such permit shall be issued for a total gross weight<\/span> in excess of 40,000 pounds for a two-axle vehicle<\/span>, or of more than 60,000 pounds for a three-axle vehicle<\/span>. Such permit shall be obtained annually at the time the vehicle<\/span> is registered. The Commissioner<\/span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tNo such permit shall authorize the operation of any vehicle<\/span> enumerated in this section beyond the boundary of the county or city where it is principally garaged or for a distance of more than 25 miles from the place where it is principally garaged, whichever is greater. However, the permit shall not designate the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicable to other vehicles<\/span> in their general use of the highways<\/span><\/span>. Each vehicle<\/span>, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed of 10 miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45, and 35 miles per hour speed limit zones.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be as provided in \u00a7 46.2-1140.1<\/a>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the terms “solid waste” and “hazardous waste” shall have the meanings provided in \u00a7 10.1-1400<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOVERWEIGHT PERMITS FOR SOLID WASTE HAULERS (\u00a7 46.2-1144)\n\nThe Commissioner, upon written application by the owner or operator of vehicles\nused exclusively for hauling solid waste other than hazardous waste, shall issue\na permit authorizing the operation on the highway of such vehicles at gross\nweights in excess of those set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1126.\n\t\tNo permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight of\nmore than 20,000 pounds or a tandem axle weight of more than 40,000 pounds. No\nsuch permit shall be issued for a total gross weight in excess of 40,000 pounds\nfor a two-axle vehicle, or of more than 60,000 pounds for a three-axle vehicle.\nSuch permit shall be obtained annually at the time the vehicle is registered.\nThe Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits.\n\t\tNo such permit shall authorize the operation of any vehicle enumerated in this\nsection beyond the boundary of the county or city where it is principally\ngaraged or for a distance of more than 25 miles from the place where it is\nprincipally garaged, whichever is greater. However, the permit shall not\ndesignate the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not\napplicable to other vehicles in their general use of the highways. Each vehicle,\nwhen loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section,\nshall be operated at a reduced speed of 10 miles per hour slower than the legal\nspeed limit in 55, 45, and 35 miles per hour speed limit zones.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be as provided in \u00a7\n46.2-1140.1.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the terms “solid waste” and\n“hazardous waste” shall have the meanings provided in \u00a7 10.1-1400.\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}}