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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 2002, chapter 337<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63446,"identifier":"46.2-1401","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1401","url":"\/46.2-1401\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1401\/","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Motor carrier laws do not apply","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The following laws<\/span> and regulations of the Commonwealth shall not apply to any ridesharing arrangement using a motor vehicle<\/span> with a seating capacity for not more than fifteen persons, including the driver<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Laws<\/span> and regulations containing insurance requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Laws<\/span> imposing a greater standard of care on motor carriers or commercial vehicles than that imposed on other drivers<\/span> or owners<\/span> of motor vehicles<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Laws<\/span> and regulations with equipment requirements and special accident reporting requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Laws<\/span> imposing a tax on fuel purchased in another state by a motor carrier or road user taxes on commercial buses. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMOTOR CARRIER LAWS DO NOT APPLY (\u00a7 46.2-1401)\n\nThe following laws and regulations of the Commonwealth shall not apply to any\nridesharing arrangement using a motor vehicle with a seating capacity for not\nmore than fifteen persons, including the driver:\n\n1. Laws and regulations containing insurance requirements that are specifically\napplicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles;\n\n2. Laws imposing a greater standard of care on motor carriers or commercial\nvehicles than that imposed on other drivers or owners of motor vehicles;\n\n3. Laws and regulations with equipment requirements and special accident\nreporting requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or\ncommercial vehicles; and\n\n4. Laws imposing a tax on fuel purchased in another state by a motor carrier or\nroad user taxes on commercial buses.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 218, \u00a7 46.1-557; 1989, c. 727; 2002, c. 337.","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}}