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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 361 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1981, chapter 542; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1994, chapter 54<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 359<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 853<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 26<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75279,"section_number":"46.2-828.1","catch_line":"Impeding or disrupting certain funeral processions; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-828.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56999,"identifier":"46.2-828","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-828","url":"\/46.2-828\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-828\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-828","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right-of-way for funeral processions under police or sheriff’s escort; improper joining of, passing through, or interfering with processions prohibited; use of high beam headlights and hazard lights by vehicles traveling in funeral processions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-828","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Funeral processions traveling under police or sheriff’s escort shall have the right-of-way in any highway<\/span> through which they may pass. Localities may, by ordinance<\/span>, provide for such escort service and provide for the imposition of reasonable fees to defray the cost of such service.\n\t\tThe sheriff or police department<\/span> in any locality may provide traffic control for funeral processions when equipment and personnel are not otherwise engaged in law<\/span>-enforcement activities.\n\t\tVehicles<\/span> traveling as part of any funeral procession, whether escorted or unescorted, may display high beam headlights and flash all four turn signals or hazard lights<\/span> to identify themselves as part of the procession.\n\t\tNo vehicle<\/span> that is not properly part of a funeral procession shall join, pass through, or interfere with the passage of any funeral procession under escort as provided in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT-OF-WAY FOR FUNERAL PROCESSIONS UNDER POLICE OR SHERIFF’S ESCORT;\nIMPROPER JOINING OF, PASSING THROUGH, OR INTERFERING WITH PROCESSIONS\nPROHIBITED; USE OF HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS BY VEHICLES TRAVELING\nIN FUNERAL PROCESSIONS (\u00a7 46.2-828)\n\nFuneral processions traveling under police or sheriff’s escort shall have\nthe right-of-way in any highway through which they may pass. Localities may, by\nordinance, provide for such escort service and provide for the imposition of\nreasonable fees to defray the cost of such service.\n\t\tThe sheriff or police department in any locality may provide traffic control\nfor funeral processions when equipment and personnel are not otherwise engaged\nin law-enforcement activities.\n\t\tVehicles traveling as part of any funeral procession, whether escorted or\nunescorted, may display high beam headlights and flash all four turn signals or\nhazard lights to identify themselves as part of the procession.\n\t\tNo vehicle that is not properly part of a funeral procession shall join, pass\nthrough, or interfere with the passage of any funeral procession under escort as\nprovided in this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 361, \u00a7 46.1-224.1; 1981, c. 542; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 54;\n2001, c. 359; 2003, c. 853; 2012, c. 26.","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}}