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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 403 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 1974 \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 1975, chapter 440; in 1977, chapter 671; in 1980, chapter 355; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59842,"section_number":"46.2-1223","catch_line":"Authority of Commissioner to regulate parking on certain parts of primary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1223\/"},{"id":74507,"section_number":"46.2-1225","catch_line":"Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1225\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55537,"identifier":"46.2-1227","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/3\/46.2-1227","url":"\/46.2-1227\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1227\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/3\/46.2-1227","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of state regulations governing parking on primary and secondary highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1227","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any regulation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Authority of Commissioner to regulate parking on certain parts of primary state highway system\" href=\"\/46.2-1223\/\">46.2-1223<\/a> relating to parking on any primary or secondary <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> shall provide:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> That uncontested <span class=\"dictionary\">citations<\/span> issued under the regulation shall be paid to the administrative official or officials appointed under the provisions of this section in the locality in which the part of the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> lies, or in the locality where there is no appointed administrative official the <span class=\"dictionary\">citations<\/span> shall be paid to the local treasurer, who shall promptly pay them into the general fund of the state treasury; and <a id=\"paragraph-203539\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1227\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> That contested or delinquent <span class=\"dictionary\">citations<\/span> shall be certified or complaint, <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span>, or warrant shall be issued as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances\" href=\"\/46.2-1225\/\">46.2-1225<\/a> to the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in whose <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> the part of the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> lies. Any sums collected by such <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, minus <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> costs, shall be promptly paid by the clerk into the general fund of the state treasury. <a id=\"paragraph-203540\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1227\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF STATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING PARKING ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY\nHIGHWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-1227)\n\nAny regulation of the Commissioner under the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-1223 relating\nto parking on any primary or secondary highway shall provide:\n\n1. That uncontested citations issued under the regulation shall be paid to the\nadministrative official or officials appointed under the provisions of this\nsection in the locality in which the part of the highway lies, or in the\nlocality where there is no appointed administrative official the citations shall\nbe paid to the local treasurer, who shall promptly pay them into the general\nfund of the state treasury; and\n\n2. That contested or delinquent citations shall be certified or complaint,\nsummons, or warrant shall be issued as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-1225 to the\ngeneral district court in whose jurisdiction the part of the highway lies. Any\nsums collected by such court, minus court costs, shall be promptly paid by the\nclerk into the general fund of the state treasury.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 403, \u00a7 46.1-254.1; 1975, c. 440; 1977, c. 671; 1980, c. 355;\n1989, 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}}