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The Commissioner and local authorities may designate the routes such permittees shall use from the port to the assembly plant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217348,"text":"The Commissioner and local authorities of cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions, upon written application by the owners or operators of motor vehicles used to transport items arriving at a Virginia port by ship from overseas points of origin and consigned to an assembly plant in this Commonwealth, shall issue without cost permits for the operation of such motor vehicles on the highways if those vehicles do not exceed the height limitation set forth in \u00a7 46.2-1110 by more than one and one-half feet and not exceeding the length limitation as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1112 and 46.2-1113 by more than three feet. 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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 3 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>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77659,"section_number":"46.2-1110","catch_line":"Height of vehicles; damage to overhead obstruction; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1110\/"},{"id":66443,"section_number":"46.2-1112","catch_line":"Length of vehicles, generally; special permits; vehicle combinations, etc., operating on certain highways; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1112\/"},{"id":57771,"section_number":"46.2-1113","catch_line":"Length exceptions for certain passenger buses and motor homes","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1113\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59305,"identifier":"46.2-1146","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1146","url":"\/46.2-1146\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1146\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1146","dublin_core":{"Title":"Excess height and length permits for haulers of certain imported goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1146","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> and local authorities of cities and towns in their respective <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdictions<\/span>, upon written application by the <span class=\"dictionary\">owners<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operators<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span> used to transport items arriving at a Virginia port by ship from overseas points of origin and consigned to an assembly plant in this Commonwealth, shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> without cost permits for the operation of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> if those vehicles do not exceed the height limitation set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Height of vehicles; damage to overhead obstruction; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1110\/\">46.2-1110<\/a> by more than one and one-half feet and not exceeding the length limitation as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Length of vehicles, generally; special permits; vehicle combinations, etc., operating on certain highways; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1112\/\">46.2-1112<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Length exceptions for certain passenger buses and motor homes\" href=\"\/46.2-1113\/\">46.2-1113<\/a> by more than three feet. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> and local authorities may designate the routes such permittees shall use from the port to the assembly plant.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCESS HEIGHT AND LENGTH PERMITS FOR HAULERS OF CERTAIN IMPORTED GOODS (\u00a7\n46.2-1146)\n\nThe Commissioner and local authorities of cities and towns in their respective\njurisdictions, upon written application by the owners or operators of motor\nvehicles used to transport items arriving at a Virginia port by ship from\noverseas points of origin and consigned to an assembly plant in this\nCommonwealth, shall issue without cost permits for the operation of such motor\nvehicles on the highways if those vehicles do not exceed the height limitation\nset forth in \u00a7 46.2-1110 by more than one and one-half feet and not exceeding\nthe length limitation as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1112 and 46.2-1113 by more than\nthree feet. The Commissioner and local authorities may designate the routes such\npermittees shall use from the port to the assembly plant.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 62, \u00a7 46.1-343.3; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 36, 87; 2003, c.\n314.","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}}