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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 489 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 1958 \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":[{"id":54237,"section_number":"46.2-301","catch_line":"Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-301\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":226351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55975,"identifier":"46.2-304","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-304","url":"\/46.2-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-304\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/2\/46.2-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limited operation of farm tractor by persons convicted of driving under influence of intoxicants or drugs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of a person for driving under the influence of intoxicants or some other self-administered drug in violation of any state <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or local <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall not prohibit the person from operating a <span class=\"dictionary\">farm tractor<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> when it is necessary to move the tractor from one tract of land used for agricultural purposes to another tract of land used for the same purposes, provided that the distance between the said tracts of land does not exceed five miles.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITED OPERATION OF FARM TRACTOR BY PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER\nINFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS OR DRUGS (\u00a7 46.2-304)\n\nThe conviction of a person for driving under the influence of intoxicants or\nsome other self-administered drug in violation of any state law or local\nordinance shall not prohibit the person from operating a farm tractor on the\nhighways when it is necessary to move the tractor from one tract of land used\nfor agricultural purposes to another tract of land used for the same purposes,\nprovided that the distance between the said tracts of land does not exceed five\nmiles.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 489, \u00a7 46.1-352.1; 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}}