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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70585,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2000\/"},{"id":80201,"section_number":"46.2-2059","catch_line":"Permit required for taxicab service","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2059\/"},{"id":78809,"section_number":"46.2-2062","catch_line":"Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2062\/"},{"id":86641,"section_number":"46.2-2067","catch_line":"Local regulation of number of taxicabs","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2067\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57954,"identifier":"46.2-2060","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2060","url":"\/46.2-2060\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2060\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2060","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitations on advertising","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2060","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within the jurisdictions<\/span> of Planning District Number Eight, no person<\/span> shall use the term “taxi” or “taxicab” in any advertisement, sign, or trade name, or hold himself out by means of advertising, signs, trade names, or otherwise as an operator<\/span> of a taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a taxicab service<\/span> as defined by \u00a7 46.2-2000<\/a>, unless he complies with the requirements of \u00a7 46.2-2059<\/a> and any county, city, or town ordinance<\/span> adopted pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-2062<\/a>. This statute<\/span>, however, shall not preempt, supersede, or affect in any way the authority of the governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town to issue<\/span> local ordinances<\/span> under \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-2062<\/a> through 46.2-2067<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATIONS ON ADVERTISING (\u00a7 46.2-2060)\n\nWithin the jurisdictions of Planning District Number Eight, no person shall use\nthe term “taxi” or “taxicab” in any advertisement, sign,\nor trade name, or hold himself out by means of advertising, signs, trade names,\nor otherwise as an operator of a taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a\ntaxicab service as defined by \u00a7 46.2-2000, unless he complies with the\nrequirements of \u00a7 46.2-2059 and any county, city, or town ordinance adopted\npursuant to \u00a7 46.2-2062. This statute, however, shall not preempt, supersede,\nor affect in any way the authority of the governing body of any county, city, or\ntown to issue local ordinances under \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-2062 through 46.2-2067.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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}}