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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 1952, chapter 666; in 1956, chapter 533; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1985, chapter 218; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79059,"section_number":"46.2-397","catch_line":"Suspension of license for certain violations while transporting explosives, inflammable gas or liquid","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-397\/"},{"id":59312,"section_number":"46.2-492","catch_line":"Uniform Demerit Point System","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-492\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230707,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79813,"identifier":"46.2-820","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-820","url":"\/46.2-820\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-820\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-820","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right-of-way at uncontrolled intersections, generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-820","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this article, when two <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> approach or enter an uncontrolled <span class=\"dictionary\">intersection<\/span> at approximately the same time, the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> on the right.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT-OF-WAY AT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS, GENERALLY (\u00a7 46.2-820)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this article, when two vehicles approach or\nenter an uncontrolled intersection at approximately the same time, the driver of\nthe vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the\nright.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-238; 1952, c. 666; 1956, c. 533; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7\n46.1-221; 1985, c. 218; 1989, c. 727.","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}}