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This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 541 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 1958 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230041,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71238,"identifier":"46.2-1301","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1301","url":"\/46.2-1301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1301\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of stop and yield right-of-way intersections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town operating its own system of roads may by ordinance<\/span> authorize the city or town manager or some other local officer to designate intersections<\/span>, other than intersections<\/span> at which one or more of the intersecting streets have been designated as a part of the primary state highway<\/span> system in a town which has a population of less than 3,500, at which vehicles<\/span> shall come to a full stop or yield the right-of-way. No such ordinance<\/span> shall be violated if, at the time of the alleged violation the sign or marker placed in conformity with this section is missing or is defaced so that an ordinarily observant person under the same circumstances would not be aware of the existence of the regulation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF STOP AND YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY INTERSECTIONS (\u00a7 46.2-1301)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city, or town operating its own system of\nroads may by ordinance authorize the city or town manager or some other local\nofficer to designate intersections, other than intersections at which one or\nmore of the intersecting streets have been designated as a part of the primary\nstate highway system in a town which has a population of less than 3,500, at\nwhich vehicles shall come to a full stop or yield the right-of-way. No such\nordinance shall be violated if, at the time of the alleged violation the sign or\nmarker placed in conformity with this section is missing or is defaced so that\nan ordinarily observant person under the same circumstances would not be aware\nof the existence of the regulation.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-180.1; 1989, 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}}