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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 79 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1998, chapter 802<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 924<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 753<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54759,"section_number":"33.2-503","catch_line":"HOT lanes enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-503\/"},{"id":82578,"section_number":"33.2-505","catch_line":"Exclusion of HOT lanes from certain other laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-505\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75794,"section_number":"33.2-613","catch_line":"Free use of toll facilities by certain state officers and employees; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-613\/"},{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61262,"identifier":"46.2-819","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1.1\/46.2-819","url":"\/46.2-819\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-819\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1.1\/46.2-819","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of toll facility without payment of toll; circumstances to be considered in assessing penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-819","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except for those permitted free use of toll facilities under \u00a7 33.2-613<\/a>, it is unlawful for the operator<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> to use a toll facility without payment of the specified toll.\n\t\tHowever, in considering the case of anyone accused<\/span> of violating this section, the court<\/span> shall take into consideration (i) except for lanes<\/span> equipped for payment of tolls through an automatic vehicle identification system, whether the toll booth or collection facility at which the defendant<\/span> failed to pay the toll was manned at the time; (ii) whether the defendant<\/span> was required to pay the toll with the exact amount in change; (iii) whether the defendant<\/span> had the exact change to make the payment; and (iv) whether the defendant<\/span> had been afforded appropriate advance notice, by signs or other means, that he would be required to pay a toll and pay it with the exact change. No person shall be subject to both prosecution<\/span> under this section and to the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-819.1<\/a> or 46.2-819.3<\/a> for actions arising out of the same transaction or occurrence.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF TOLL FACILITY WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TOLL; CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE CONSIDERED IN\nASSESSING PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-819)\n\nExcept for those permitted free use of toll facilities under \u00a7 33.2-613, it is\nunlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to use a toll facility without\npayment of the specified toll.\n\t\tHowever, in considering the case of anyone accused of violating this section,\nthe court shall take into consideration (i) except for lanes equipped for\npayment of tolls through an automatic vehicle identification system, whether the\ntoll booth or collection facility at which the defendant failed to pay the toll\nwas manned at the time; (ii) whether the defendant was required to pay the toll\nwith the exact amount in change; (iii) whether the defendant had the exact\nchange to make the payment; and (iv) whether the defendant had been afforded\nappropriate advance notice, by signs or other means, that he would be required\nto pay a toll and pay it with the exact change. No person shall be subject to\nboth prosecution under this section and to the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-819.1 or\n46.2-819.3 for actions arising out of the same transaction or occurrence.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 79, \u00a7 46.1-229.4; 1989, c. 727; 1998, c. 802; 2004, c. 924;\n2016, 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}}