{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-2156.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-2156.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-2156.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-2156.html"}],"law_id":66138,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66138,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2156","catch_line":"Solicitation, booking, registration by other persons prohibited; storage-in-transit","history":"2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.","full_text":"A\n\nNo person except a certificated household goods carrier, its parent, or its wholly owned subsidiary company, or other entity under complete ownership, or an employee of the above certificated carrier may solicit, book or register a shipment of household goods moving intrastate and only in the name of that certificated carrier.B\n\nNo person or employee of a certificated or a noncertificated carrier may act as an employee, representative, or agent for another certificated carrier for purpose of soliciting, booking or registering an intrastate shipment except as provided in subsection A of this section. No person or employee of a certificated carrier who solicits, books or registers intrastate shipments may be employed by a noncertificated carrier.C\n\nA certificated household goods carrier may utilize the services of another certificated household goods carrier or a permitted property carrier that has complied with the minimum cargo insurance requirements of this chapter for storage and final delivery on storage-in-transit shipments at destination. A property carrier who does not hold a household goods certificate of fitness is prohibited from delivering a shipment for a greater distance than thirty road miles from the warehouse. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated household goods carrier with the delivering certificated household goods carrier or property carrier shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated household goods carrier.D\n\nA household goods carrier may interchange or interline shipments with any other certificated household goods carrier provided both carriers hold proper authority to transport the shipment from origin to destination. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated household goods carrier with the delivering certificated household goods carrier shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated household goods carrier.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":240263,"text":"No person except a certificated household goods carrier, its parent, or its wholly owned subsidiary company, or other entity under complete ownership, or an employee of the above certificated carrier may solicit, book or register a shipment of household goods moving intrastate and only in the name of that certificated carrier.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":240264,"text":"No person or employee of a certificated or a noncertificated carrier may act as an employee, representative, or agent for another certificated carrier for purpose of soliciting, booking or registering an intrastate shipment except as provided in subsection A of this section. No person or employee of a certificated carrier who solicits, books or registers intrastate shipments may be employed by a noncertificated carrier.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":240265,"text":"A certificated household goods carrier may utilize the services of another certificated household goods carrier or a permitted property carrier that has complied with the minimum cargo insurance requirements of this chapter for storage and final delivery on storage-in-transit shipments at destination. A property carrier who does not hold a household goods certificate of fitness is prohibited from delivering a shipment for a greater distance than thirty road miles from the warehouse. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated household goods carrier with the delivering certificated household goods carrier or property carrier shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated household goods carrier.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":240266,"text":"A household goods carrier may interchange or interline shipments with any other certificated household goods carrier provided both carriers hold proper authority to transport the shipment from origin to destination. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated household goods carrier with the delivering certificated household goods carrier shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated household goods carrier.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14500,"edition_id":1,"name":"Household Goods Carriers","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13444,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:22","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:22","permalink":{"id":232723,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14500,"identifier":"4","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13444,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Property Carriers","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13318,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:54","permalink":{"id":232515,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13444,"identifier":"21","token":"46.2\/V\/21","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/","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":75898,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2149","catch_line":"Certain household goods carriers exempt from certain provisions of article","url":"\/46.2-2149\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2149","metadata":false},{"id":65490,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2150","catch_line":"Required certificates of fitness","url":"\/46.2-2150\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2150","metadata":false},{"id":69414,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2151","catch_line":"Considerations for determination of issuance of certificate","url":"\/46.2-2151\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2151","metadata":false},{"id":57161,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2152","catch_line":"Control by Department","url":"\/46.2-2152\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2152","metadata":false},{"id":80984,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2153","catch_line":"Provisions of chapter controlling","url":"\/46.2-2153\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2153","metadata":false},{"id":74672,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2154","catch_line":"Discontinuance of service","url":"\/46.2-2154\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2154","metadata":false},{"id":71944,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2155","catch_line":"Power and duty of Department","url":"\/46.2-2155\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2155","metadata":false},{"id":66138,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2156","catch_line":"Solicitation, booking, registration by other persons prohibited; 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power of attorney","url":"\/46.2-2172\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2172","metadata":false},{"id":78103,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2173","catch_line":"Tariff contents","url":"\/46.2-2173\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2173","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":71944,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2155","catch_line":"Power and duty of Department","url":"\/46.2-2155\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2155","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":67132,"structure_id":14500,"section_number":"46.2-2157","catch_line":"Estimate of charges; penalties; information booklet for shippers","url":"\/46.2-2157\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2157","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-2156\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">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. 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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0881\">881<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0889\">889<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66138,"identifier":"46.2-2156","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2156","url":"\/46.2-2156\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2156\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2156","dublin_core":{"Title":"Solicitation, booking, registration by other persons prohibited; storage-in-transit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2156","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> except a certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span>, its parent, or its wholly owned subsidiary company, or other entity under complete ownership, or an employee of the above certificated carrier may solicit, book or register a shipment of household goods moving <span class=\"dictionary\">intrastate<\/span> and only in the name of that certificated carrier. <a id=\"paragraph-240263\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2156\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or employee of a certificated or a noncertificated carrier may act as an employee, representative, or <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> for another certificated carrier for purpose of soliciting, booking or registering an <span class=\"dictionary\">intrastate<\/span> shipment except as provided in subsection A of this section. No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or employee of a certificated carrier who solicits, books or registers <span class=\"dictionary\">intrastate<\/span> shipments may be employed by a noncertificated carrier. <a id=\"paragraph-240264\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2156\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> may utilize the <span class=\"dictionary\">services<\/span> of another certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> or a permitted <span class=\"dictionary\">property carrier<\/span> that has complied with the minimum cargo insurance requirements of this chapter for storage and final delivery on storage-in-transit shipments at destination. A <span class=\"dictionary\">property carrier<\/span> who does not hold a household goods <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of fitness<\/span> is prohibited from delivering a shipment for a greater distance than thirty road miles from the warehouse. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> with the delivering certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">property carrier<\/span> shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-240265\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2156\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> may interchange or interline shipments with any other certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> provided both carriers hold proper authority to transport the shipment from origin to destination. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> with the delivering certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span> shown on the bill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the originating certificated <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-240266\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2156\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSOLICITATION, BOOKING, REGISTRATION BY OTHER PERSONS PROHIBITED;\nSTORAGE-IN-TRANSIT (\u00a7 46.2-2156)\n\nA. No person except a certificated household goods carrier, its parent, or its\nwholly owned subsidiary company, or other entity under complete ownership, or an\nemployee of the above certificated carrier may solicit, book or register a\nshipment of household goods moving intrastate and only in the name of that\ncertificated carrier.\n\nB. No person or employee of a certificated or a noncertificated carrier may act\nas an employee, representative, or agent for another certificated carrier for\npurpose of soliciting, booking or registering an intrastate shipment except as\nprovided in subsection A of this section. No person or employee of a\ncertificated carrier who solicits, books or registers intrastate shipments may\nbe employed by a noncertificated carrier.\n\nC. A certificated household goods carrier may utilize the services of another\ncertificated household goods carrier or a permitted property carrier that has\ncomplied with the minimum cargo insurance requirements of this chapter for\nstorage and final delivery on storage-in-transit shipments at destination. A\nproperty carrier who does not hold a household goods certificate of fitness is\nprohibited from delivering a shipment for a greater distance than thirty road\nmiles from the warehouse. The shipment must move on the bill of lading of the\noriginating certificated household goods carrier with the delivering\ncertificated household goods carrier or property carrier shown on the bill of\nlading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility of the\noriginating certificated household goods carrier.\n\nD. A household goods carrier may interchange or interline shipments with any\nother certificated household goods carrier provided both carriers hold proper\nauthority to transport the shipment from origin to destination. The shipment\nmust move on the bill of lading of the originating certificated household goods\ncarrier with the delivering certificated household goods carrier shown on the\nbill of lading. The legal liability of the shipment remains the responsibility\nof the originating certificated household goods carrier.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.","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}}