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A toll operator shall make an attempt to process and collect an unpaid toll on the sixth day after the unpaid toll and shall make an additional attempt on the tenth day after the unpaid toll if earlier attempts to process and collect the unpaid toll were unsuccessful.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":244071,"text":"When a vehicle has been operated in violation of \u00a7 33.2-503, 46.2-819.1, 46.2-819.3, or 46.2-819.3:1, no holder of an account for an electronic toll collection device that is property of the Commonwealth when (i) such device is detected by the toll operator or (ii) such device is not detected by the toll operator but such vehicle is associated with such an account shall owe any penalties, fees, or costs in addition to the unpaid toll, unless and until the toll operator or HOT lanes operator has attempted to process the collection of the toll through the Commonwealth’s electronic toll account system at least twice and at least 10 days have elapsed since the unpaid toll. 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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 753<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54759,"section_number":"33.2-503","catch_line":"HOT lanes enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-503\/"},{"id":54310,"section_number":"46.2-819.1","catch_line":"Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with electronic or manual toll facilities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.1\/"},{"id":57137,"section_number":"46.2-819.3","catch_line":"Use of toll facility without payment of toll; enforcement; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.3\/"},{"id":54468,"section_number":"46.2-819.3:1","catch_line":"Installation and use of video-monitoring system and automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with all-electronic toll facilities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.3_1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67355,"identifier":"46.2-819.8","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1.1\/46.2-819.8","url":"\/46.2-819.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-819.8\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1.1\/46.2-819.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Toll grace period","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-819.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a vehicle<\/span> has been operated in violation of \u00a7 33.2-503<\/a>, 46.2-819.1<\/a>, 46.2-819.3<\/a>, or 46.2-819.3:1<\/a>, no holder of an account for an electronic toll collection device that is property of the Commonwealth when (i) such device is detected by the toll operator<\/span> or (ii) such device is not detected by the toll operator<\/span> but such vehicle<\/span> is associated with such an account shall owe any penalties, fees, or costs in addition to the unpaid toll, unless and until the toll operator<\/span> or HOT lanes<\/span> operator<\/span> has attempted to process the collection of the toll through the Commonwealth’s electronic toll account system at least twice and at least 10 days have elapsed since the unpaid toll. A toll operator<\/span> shall make an attempt to process and collect an unpaid toll on the sixth day after the unpaid toll and shall make an additional attempt on the tenth day after the unpaid toll if earlier attempts to process and collect the unpaid toll were unsuccessful.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTOLL GRACE PERIOD (\u00a7 46.2-819.8)\n\nWhen a vehicle has been operated in violation of \u00a7 33.2-503, 46.2-819.1,\n46.2-819.3, or 46.2-819.3:1, no holder of an account for an electronic toll\ncollection device that is property of the Commonwealth when (i) such device is\ndetected by the toll operator or (ii) such device is not detected by the toll\noperator but such vehicle is associated with such an account shall owe any\npenalties, fees, or costs in addition to the unpaid toll, unless and until the\ntoll operator or HOT lanes operator has attempted to process the collection of\nthe toll through the Commonwealth’s electronic toll account system at\nleast twice and at least 10 days have elapsed since the unpaid toll. A toll\noperator shall make an attempt to process and collect an unpaid toll on the\nsixth day after the unpaid toll and shall make an additional attempt on the\ntenth day after the unpaid toll if earlier attempts to process and collect the\nunpaid toll were unsuccessful.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 753.","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}}