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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 194 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1980, chapter 37; in 1986, chapter 220; in 1987, chapters 151, 342, and 388; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68942,"identifier":"46.2-677","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-677","url":"\/46.2-677\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-677\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-677","dublin_core":{"Title":"Self-propelled wheelchairs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-677","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> for or pay any registration fee for any self-propelled wheelchair or self-propelled wheelchair conveyance provided it is:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Operated by a person who is capable of operating it properly and safely but who, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian; and <a id=\"paragraph-249598\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-677\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Not operated on a public <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> in this Commonwealth except to the extent necessary to cross the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-249599\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-677\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSELF-PROPELLED WHEELCHAIRS (\u00a7 46.2-677)\n\nNo person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license\nplates, or decals for or pay any registration fee for any self-propelled\nwheelchair or self-propelled wheelchair conveyance provided it is:\n\n1. Operated by a person who is capable of operating it properly and safely but\nwho, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a\npedestrian; and\n\n2. Not operated on a public highway in this Commonwealth except to the extent\nnecessary to cross the highway.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 194, \u00a7 46.1-45.2; 1980, c. 37; 1986, c. 220; 1987, cc. 151,\n342, 388; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142.","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}}