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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266 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 1978 \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 1993, chapter 94; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0396\">396<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81260,"section_number":"46.2-1058","catch_line":"Replacement of glass in vehicle","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1058\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229213,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55462,"identifier":"46.2-1164","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1164","url":"\/46.2-1164\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1164\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1164","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reinspection not required when windshield replaced; transfer of inspection sticker to new windshield; replacement of lost or damaged stickers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1164","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When any <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> requires the replacement of a windshield pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Replacement of glass in vehicle\" href=\"\/46.2-1058\/\">46.2-1058<\/a>, it shall not be necessary to inspect such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> at the time of replacement if a valid state inspection sticker is displayed on the windshield being replaced.\n\t\tThe sticker found on the broken windshield may be removed and placed on the new windshield.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> may designate certain State Police officers to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> safety inspection approval stickers to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> from which the original valid safety inspection approval sticker has been lost, stolen or damaged without causing the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> to be reinspected, provided the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> produces the original safety inspection approval sticker receipt issued to the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> within the past eleven months. Such replacement safety inspection approval stickers shall be issued in accordance with regulations promulgated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREINSPECTION NOT REQUIRED WHEN WINDSHIELD REPLACED; TRANSFER OF INSPECTION\nSTICKER TO NEW WINDSHIELD; REPLACEMENT OF LOST OR DAMAGED STICKERS (\u00a7\n46.2-1164)\n\nWhen any vehicle requires the replacement of a windshield pursuant to \u00a7\n46.2-1058, it shall not be necessary to inspect such vehicle at the time of\nreplacement if a valid state inspection sticker is displayed on the windshield\nbeing replaced.\n\t\tThe sticker found on the broken windshield may be removed and placed on the\nnew windshield.\n\t\tThe Superintendent may designate certain State Police officers to issue safety\ninspection approval stickers to vehicles from which the original valid safety\ninspection approval sticker has been lost, stolen or damaged without causing the\nvehicle to be reinspected, provided the vehicle owner or operator produces the\noriginal safety inspection approval sticker receipt issued to the vehicle within\nthe past eleven months. Such replacement safety inspection approval stickers\nshall be issued in accordance with regulations promulgated by the\nSuperintendent.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 266, \u00a7 46.1-294.1; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 94; 1994, c. 396.","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}}