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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 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 1988 \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 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0767\">767<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0816\">816<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70871,"section_number":"46.2-1557","catch_line":"Use of certain foreign-registered motor vehicles in driver education programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1557\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72569,"identifier":"46.2-1556","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1556","url":"\/46.2-1556\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1556\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/5\/46.2-1556","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation under foreign dealer&#8217;s license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1556","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful, except as provided for by reciprocal agreement, for any person to operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> or for the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> thereof to permit a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> to be operated in the Commonwealth on a foreign <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span>&#8217;s license, unless the operation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> on the license is specifically authorized by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION UNDER FOREIGN DEALER&#8217;S LICENSE (\u00a7 46.2-1556)\n\nIt shall be unlawful, except as provided for by reciprocal agreement, for any\nperson to operate a motor vehicle or for the owner thereof to permit a motor\nvehicle to be operated in the Commonwealth on a foreign dealer&#8217;s license,\nunless the operation of the motor vehicle on the license is specifically\nauthorized by the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:14; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816.","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}}