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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 218 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2015, chapters 2<\/a> and 3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57767,"section_number":"15.2-949","catch_line":"Shared ride taxi systems, etc.; nonprofit vanpools","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-949\/"},{"id":62782,"section_number":"38.2-2217.1","catch_line":"Insurers required to renew motor vehicle liability coverage for vanpools; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2217.1\/"},{"id":74251,"section_number":"46.2-695","catch_line":"Small rented ridesharing vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-695\/"},{"id":84228,"section_number":"58.1-3506","catch_line":"Other classifications of tangible personal property for taxation","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3506\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70585,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230111,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67501,"identifier":"46.2-1400","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1400","url":"\/46.2-1400\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1400\/","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1400","dublin_core":{"Title":"“Ridesharing arrangement” defined","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Ridesharing arrangement” means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle<\/span> when such transportation is incidental to the principal purpose of the driver<\/span>, which is to reach a destination and not to transport persons for profit. The term includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and bus pools. “Ridesharing arrangement” does not include a prearranged ride as defined in \u00a7 46.2-2000<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n“RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT” DEFINED (\u00a7 46.2-1400)\n\n“Ridesharing arrangement” means the transportation of persons in a\nmotor vehicle when such transportation is incidental to the principal purpose of\nthe driver, which is to reach a destination and not to transport persons for\nprofit. The term includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools,\nand bus pools. “Ridesharing arrangement” does not include a\nprearranged ride as defined in \u00a7 46.2-2000.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 218, \u00a7 46.1-556; 1989, c. 727; 2015, cc. 2, 3.","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}}