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Such size and weight compliance agent may also serve an attachment summons issued by a judge or magistrate in connection with a violation of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tService of any such citation shall be made upon the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the violation. Such service on the driver shall have the same legal force and validity as if served within the Commonwealth personally upon the owner, operator, or other person charged with the violation, whether such owner, operator, or other person charged is a resident or nonresident.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":244379,"text":"Any size and weight compliance agent authorized to enforce the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-613.1 may issue a citation for a violation of such provisions. Such size and weight compliance agent may also serve an attachment summons issued by a judge or magistrate in connection with a violation of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tService of any such citation shall be made upon the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the violation. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0062\">62<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0073\">73<\/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":[{"id":77591,"section_number":"46.2-217","catch_line":"Enforcement of laws by Commissioner; authority of officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-217\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55667,"section_number":"46.2-613.1","catch_line":"Civil penalty for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-613.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":227023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67437,"identifier":"46.2-613.5","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.5","url":"\/46.2-613.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-613.5\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/1\/46.2-613.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedures for issuing and serving process in civil penalty cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-613.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any size and weight compliance <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> authorized to enforce the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil penalty for violation of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations\" href=\"\/46.2-613.1\/\">46.2-613.1<\/a> may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">citation<\/span> for a violation of such provisions. 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Such service on the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> shall have the same legal force and validity as if served within the Commonwealth personally upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span>, or other person charged with the violation, whether such <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span>, or other person charged is a resident or <span class=\"dictionary\">nonresident<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURES FOR ISSUING AND SERVING PROCESS IN CIVIL PENALTY CASES (\u00a7\n46.2-613.5)\n\nAny size and weight compliance agent authorized to enforce the provisions of \u00a7\n46.2-613.1 may issue a citation for a violation of such provisions. Such size\nand weight compliance agent may also serve an attachment summons issued by a\njudge or magistrate in connection with a violation of \u00a7 46.2-613.1.\n\t\tService of any such citation shall be made upon the driver of the motor\nvehicle involved in the violation. Such service on the driver shall have the\nsame legal force and validity as if served within the Commonwealth personally\nupon the owner, operator, or other person charged with the violation, whether\nsuch owner, operator, or other person charged is a resident or nonresident.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 62, 73.","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}}