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This law was first created in 1973. 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 142<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61953,"section_number":"46.2-1081","catch_line":"Slow-moving vehicle emblems","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1081\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66082,"identifier":"46.2-678","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-678","url":"\/46.2-678\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-678\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-678","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forklift trucks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-678","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates<\/span>, or decals<\/span> for or pay a registration fee for any forklift truck<\/span> provided it is: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Operated by a person holding a valid Virginia driver<\/span>’s license; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Operated along or across highways<\/span><\/span> only in traveling from one plant, factory, or job site to another by the most direct route; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Not carrying or transporting any object<\/span> or person, other than the driver<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Displaying a slow-moving vehicle<\/span> emblem in conformity with § 46.2-1081<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> In compliance with requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Not operated on or along any limited access highway<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Not operated for a distance of more than ten miles. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “forklift truck<\/span>” means a self-propelled machine used for hoisting and transporting heavy objects<\/span> by means of steel fingers inserted under the load. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORKLIFT TRUCKS (\u00a7 46.2-678)\n\nA. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license\nplates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any forklift truck provided\nit is:\n\n 1. Operated by a person holding a valid Virginia driver’s license;\n\n 2. Operated along or across highways only in traveling from one plant,\n factory, or job site to another by the most direct route;\n\n 3. Not carrying or transporting any object or person, other than the driver;\n\n 4. Displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem in conformity with §\n 46.2-1081;\n\n 5. In compliance with requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and\n Health Administration;\n\n 6. Not operated on or along any limited access highway; and\n\n 7. Not operated for a distance of more than ten miles.\n\nB. For the purposes of this section, “forklift truck” means a\nself-propelled machine used for hoisting and transporting heavy objects by means\nof steel fingers inserted under the load.\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}}