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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 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":230119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82308,"identifier":"46.2-1402","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1402","url":"\/46.2-1402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1402\/","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Workers&#8217; compensation law does not apply","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Title 65.2, providing compensation for workers injured during the course of their employment, shall not apply to a person injured while participating in a ridesharing arrangement between his place of residence and place of employment or termini near such places; however, if the employer owns, leases, or <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> used in such arrangement, Title 65.2 shall apply.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION LAW DOES NOT APPLY (\u00a7 46.2-1402)\n\nTitle 65.2, providing compensation for workers injured during the course of\ntheir employment, shall not apply to a person injured while participating in a\nridesharing arrangement between his place of residence and place of employment\nor termini near such places; however, if the employer owns, leases, or contracts\nfor the motor vehicle used in such arrangement, Title 65.2 shall apply.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 218, \u00a7 46.1-558; 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}}