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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 100 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 1979 \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 1987, chapter 152; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2007, chapters 74<\/a>, 187<\/a>, and 310<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85925,"section_number":"46.2-1307.1","catch_line":"Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcement purposes in certain counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1307.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83037,"identifier":"46.2-1307","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1307","url":"\/46.2-1307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1307\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcement purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town may adopt ordinances<\/span> designating the private roads, within any residential development containing 100 or more lots or residential dwelling units, as highways<\/span><\/span> for law<\/span>-enforcement purposes. Such ordinance<\/span> may also provide for certification of road signs and speed limits by private licensed professional engineers using criteria developed by the Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span><\/span>, and, for law<\/span>-enforcement purposes, such certification shall have the same effect as if certified by the Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF PRIVATE ROADS AS HIGHWAYS FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES (\u00a7\n46.2-1307)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city, or town may adopt ordinances designating\nthe private roads, within any residential development containing 100 or more\nlots or residential dwelling units, as highways for law-enforcement purposes.\nSuch ordinance may also provide for certification of road signs and speed limits\nby private licensed professional engineers using criteria developed by the\nCommissioner of Highways, and, for law-enforcement purposes, such certification\nshall have the same effect as if certified by the Commissioner of Highways.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 100, \u00a7 46.1-181.5; 1987, c. 152; 1989, c. 727; 2007, cc. 74,\n187, 310.","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}}