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The trade dress shall be sufficient to identify the transportation network company or digital platform with which the vehicle is affiliated and shall be displayed in a manner that complies with Virginia law. The trade dress shall be of such size, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion and shall be reflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in darkness. The trade dress may take the form of a removable device that meets the identification and visibility requirements of this subsection.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of this title, a TNC partner vehicle may be equipped with no more than two removable, illuminated, interior, TNC-issued, trade dress devices that assist passengers in identifying and communicating with TNC partners. Such devices may use a single steady-burning color while the TNC partner is logged in to a transportation network company’s associated digital platform and may change to a different steady-burning color once the TNC partner accepts a request to transport a passenger and is within 0.4 miles of such passenger. The illuminated display on each such device shall not (i) exceed five candlepower or 62.85 lumens; (ii) exceed 20 square inches; (iii) utilize red, blue, or amber lights; (iv) project a glaring or dazzling light; or (v) attach to the windshield.\n\t\t\tThe transportation network company shall submit to the Department proof that the transportation network company has established the trade dress required under this subsection by filing with the Department an illustration or photograph of the trade dress. Any TNC that issues an illuminated removable interior trade dress device for use in the Commonwealth shall file with the Department the specifications of such device, including the default color.\n\t\t\tA TNC partner shall keep the trade dress issued under this subsection visible at all times while the vehicle is being operated as a TNC partner vehicle.\n\t\t\tNo person shall operate a vehicle bearing trade dress issued under this subsection without the authorization of the transportation network company issuing the trade dress.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309290,"text":"A TNC partner vehicle shall:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":309291,"text":"Be a personal vehicle;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":309292,"text":"Have a seating capacity of no more than eight persons, including the driver;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":309293,"text":"Be validly titled and registered in the Commonwealth or in another state;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":309294,"text":"Not have been issued a certificate of title, either in Virginia or in any other state, branding the vehicle as salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, or any equivalent classification;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":309295,"text":"Have a valid Virginia safety inspection or an annual inspection conducted in another state for which the Department of State Police has determined that such motor vehicle safety inspection standards adequately ensure public safety and carry proof of that inspection on or in the vehicle; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":309296,"text":"Be covered under a TNC insurance policy meeting the requirements of § 46.2-2099.52.\n\t\t\t\tNo TNC partner shall operate a TNC partner vehicle unless that vehicle meets the requirements of this subsection.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"B"},"7":{"id":309297,"text":"Before authorizing a vehicle to be used as a TNC partner vehicle, a transportation network company shall confirm that the vehicle meets the requirements of subsection A and shall provide each TNC partner with proof of any TNC insurance policy maintained by the transportation network company.\n\t\t\tFor each TNC partner vehicle it authorizes, a transportation network company shall issue trade dress to the TNC partner associated with that vehicle. The trade dress shall be sufficient to identify the transportation network company or digital platform with which the vehicle is affiliated and shall be displayed in a manner that complies with Virginia law. The trade dress shall be of such size, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion and shall be reflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in darkness. The trade dress may take the form of a removable device that meets the identification and visibility requirements of this subsection.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of this title, a TNC partner vehicle may be equipped with no more than two removable, illuminated, interior, TNC-issued, trade dress devices that assist passengers in identifying and communicating with TNC partners. Such devices may use a single steady-burning color while the TNC partner is logged in to a transportation network company’s associated digital platform and may change to a different steady-burning color once the TNC partner accepts a request to transport a passenger and is within 0.4 miles of such passenger. The illuminated display on each such device shall not (i) exceed five candlepower or 62.85 lumens; (ii) exceed 20 square inches; (iii) utilize red, blue, or amber lights; (iv) project a glaring or dazzling light; or (v) attach to the windshield.\n\t\t\tThe transportation network company shall submit to the Department proof that the transportation network company has established the trade dress required under this subsection by filing with the Department an illustration or photograph of the trade dress. Any TNC that issues an illuminated removable interior trade dress device for use in the Commonwealth shall file with the Department the specifications of such device, including the default color.\n\t\t\tA TNC partner shall keep the trade dress issued under this subsection visible at all times while the vehicle is being operated as a TNC partner vehicle.\n\t\t\tNo person shall operate a vehicle bearing trade dress issued under this subsection without the authorization of the transportation network company issuing the trade dress.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A6"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13454,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transportation Network Companies","identifier":"15","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13319,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:55","permalink":{"id":232229,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13454,"identifier":"15","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13319,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Passenger Carriers","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13318,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13319,"identifier":"20","token":"46.2\/V\/20","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13318,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Carriers","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:38","permalink":{"id":231965,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13318,"identifier":"V","token":"46.2\/V","url":"\/46.2\/V\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63893,"structure_id":13454,"section_number":"46.2-2099.45","catch_line":"Certificates required unless exempted","url":"\/46.2-2099.45\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.45","metadata":false},{"id":69586,"structure_id":13454,"section_number":"46.2-2099.46","catch_line":"Control, supervision, and regulation by Department","url":"\/46.2-2099.46\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.46","metadata":false},{"id":54414,"structure_id":13454,"section_number":"46.2-2099.47","catch_line":"Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited","url":"\/46.2-2099.47\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.47","metadata":false},{"id":54483,"structure_id":13454,"section_number":"46.2-2099.48","catch_line":"General operational requirements for transportation network companies and TNC partner","url":"\/46.2-2099.48\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.48","metadata":false},{"id":63452,"structure_id":13454,"section_number":"46.2-2099.49","catch_line":"Requirements for TNC partners; 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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 2<\/a> and 3<\/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. It has been modified 4 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 2017, chapters 694<\/a> and 708<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 356<\/a> and 443<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 393<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 321<\/a> and 322<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64283,"section_number":"46.2-2099.19","catch_line":"Broker's license not substitute for other certificates or permits required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2099.19\/"},{"id":68475,"section_number":"46.2-2099.53","catch_line":"Recordkeeping and reporting requirements for transportation network companies","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2099.53\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82019,"section_number":"46.2-2099.52","catch_line":"TNC insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2099.52\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86359,"identifier":"46.2-2099.50","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.50","url":"\/46.2-2099.50\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2099.50\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/15\/46.2-2099.50","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for TNC partner vehicles; trade dress issued by transportation network company","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2099.50","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A TNC partner vehicle<\/span> shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Be a personal vehicle<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Have a seating capacity of no more than eight persons<\/span>, including the driver<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Be validly titled and registered in the Commonwealth or in another state; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Not have been issued a certificate<\/span> of title, either in Virginia or in any other state, branding the vehicle as salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, or any equivalent classification; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Have a valid Virginia safety inspection or an annual inspection conducted in another state for which the Department<\/span> of State Police has determined that such motor vehicle<\/span> safety inspection standards adequately ensure public safety and carry proof of that inspection on or in the vehicle; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Be covered under a TNC insurance<\/span> policy meeting the requirements of § 46.2-2099.52<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\tNo TNC partner shall operate a TNC partner vehicle<\/span> unless that vehicle meets the requirements of this subsection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Before authorizing a vehicle to be used as a TNC partner vehicle<\/span>, a transportation network company<\/span> shall confirm that the vehicle meets the requirements of subsection A and shall provide each TNC partner with proof of any TNC insurance<\/span> policy maintained by the transportation network company<\/span>.\n\t\t\tFor each TNC partner vehicle<\/span> it authorizes, a transportation network company<\/span> shall issue<\/span> trade dress<\/span> to the TNC partner associated with that vehicle. The trade dress<\/span> shall be sufficient to identify the transportation network company<\/span> or digital platform<\/span> with which the vehicle is affiliated and shall be displayed in a manner that complies with Virginia law<\/span>. The trade dress<\/span> shall be of such size, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion<\/span> and shall be reflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in darkness. The trade dress<\/span> may take the form of a removable device that meets the identification and visibility requirements of this subsection.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of this title, a TNC partner vehicle<\/span> may be equipped with no more than two removable, illuminated, interior, TNC-issued, trade dress<\/span> devices that assist passengers in identifying and communicating with TNC partners<\/span>. Such devices may use a single steady-burning color while the TNC partner is logged in to a transportation network company<\/span>’s associated digital platform<\/span> and may change to a different steady-burning color once the TNC partner accepts a request to transport a passenger and is within 0.4 miles of such passenger. The illuminated display on each such device shall not (i) exceed five candlepower or 62.85 lumens; (ii) exceed 20 square inches; (iii) utilize red, blue, or amber lights<\/span>; (iv) project a glaring or dazzling light<\/span>; or (v) attach to the windshield.\n\t\t\tThe transportation network company<\/span> shall submit to the Department<\/span> proof that the transportation network company<\/span> has established the trade dress<\/span> required under this subsection by filing with the Department<\/span> an illustration or photograph of the trade dress<\/span>. Any TNC that issues<\/span> an illuminated removable interior trade dress<\/span> device for use in the Commonwealth shall file with the Department<\/span> the specifications of such device, including the default<\/span> color.\n\t\t\tA TNC partner shall keep the trade dress<\/span> issued under this subsection visible at all times while the vehicle is being operated as a TNC partner vehicle<\/span>.\n\t\t\tNo person<\/span> shall operate a vehicle bearing trade dress<\/span> issued under this subsection without the authorization of the transportation network company<\/span> issuing the trade dress<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR TNC PARTNER VEHICLES; TRADE DRESS ISSUED BY TRANSPORTATION\nNETWORK COMPANY (\u00a7 46.2-2099.50)\n\nA. A TNC partner vehicle shall:\n\n 1. Be a personal vehicle;\n\n 2. Have a seating capacity of no more than eight persons, including the\n driver;\n\n 3. Be validly titled and registered in the Commonwealth or in another state;\n\n 4. Not have been issued a certificate of title, either in Virginia or in any\n other state, branding the vehicle as salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, or any\n equivalent classification;\n\n 5. Have a valid Virginia safety inspection or an annual inspection conducted\n in another state for which the Department of State Police has determined that\n such motor vehicle safety inspection standards adequately ensure public safety\n and carry proof of that inspection on or in the vehicle; and\n\n 6. Be covered under a TNC insurance policy meeting the requirements of §\n 46.2-2099.52.\n \t\t\t\tNo TNC partner shall operate a TNC partner vehicle unless that vehicle\n meets the requirements of this subsection.\n\nB. Before authorizing a vehicle to be used as a TNC partner vehicle, a\ntransportation network company shall confirm that the vehicle meets the\nrequirements of subsection A and shall provide each TNC partner with proof of\nany TNC insurance policy maintained by the transportation network company.\n\t\t\tFor each TNC partner vehicle it authorizes, a transportation network company\nshall issue trade dress to the TNC partner associated with that vehicle. The\ntrade dress shall be sufficient to identify the transportation network company\nor digital platform with which the vehicle is affiliated and shall be displayed\nin a manner that complies with Virginia law. The trade dress shall be of such\nsize, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during daylight hours from\na distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion and shall be\nreflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in darkness. The trade\ndress may take the form of a removable device that meets the identification and\nvisibility requirements of this subsection.\n\t\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of this title, a TNC partner vehicle may\nbe equipped with no more than two removable, illuminated, interior, TNC-issued,\ntrade dress devices that assist passengers in identifying and communicating with\nTNC partners. Such devices may use a single steady-burning color while the TNC\npartner is logged in to a transportation network company’s associated\ndigital platform and may change to a different steady-burning color once the TNC\npartner accepts a request to transport a passenger and is within 0.4 miles of\nsuch passenger. The illuminated display on each such device shall not (i) exceed\nfive candlepower or 62.85 lumens; (ii) exceed 20 square inches; (iii) utilize\nred, blue, or amber lights; (iv) project a glaring or dazzling light; or (v)\nattach to the windshield.\n\t\t\tThe transportation network company shall submit to the Department proof that\nthe transportation network company has established the trade dress required\nunder this subsection by filing with the Department an illustration or\nphotograph of the trade dress. Any TNC that issues an illuminated removable\ninterior trade dress device for use in the Commonwealth shall file with the\nDepartment the specifications of such device, including the default color.\n\t\t\tA TNC partner shall keep the trade dress issued under this subsection visible\nat all times while the vehicle is being operated as a TNC partner vehicle.\n\t\t\tNo person shall operate a vehicle bearing trade dress issued under this\nsubsection without the authorization of the transportation network company\nissuing the trade dress.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 2, 3; 2017, cc. 694, 708; 2018, cc. 356, 443; 2020, c. 393;\n2023, cc. 321, 322.","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}}