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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 856 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 504<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78789,"section_number":"16.1-69.40:1","catch_line":"Traffic infractions within authority of traffic violations clerk; schedule of fines; prepayment of local ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.40_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230761,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76734,"identifier":"46.2-830.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/3\/46.2-830.1","url":"\/46.2-830.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-830.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/3\/46.2-830.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to obey highway sign where driver sleeping or resting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-830.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No driver<\/span> of a vehicle<\/span> shall park or stop his vehicle<\/span> on the shoulder<\/span> or other portion of the highway<\/span> not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic in violation of a highway<\/span> sign in order<\/span> for the driver<\/span> to sleep or rest. No demerit points shall be assigned pursuant to the Uniform Demerit Point System for a violation pursuant to this section. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply if such vehicle<\/span> is parked or stopped in such manner as to impede or render dangerous the shoulder<\/span> or other portion of the highway<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO OBEY HIGHWAY SIGN WHERE DRIVER SLEEPING OR RESTING (\u00a7 46.2-830.1)\n\nNo driver of a vehicle shall park or stop his vehicle on the shoulder or other\nportion of the highway not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic in violation of\na highway sign in order for the driver to sleep or rest. No demerit points shall\nbe assigned pursuant to the Uniform Demerit Point System for a violation\npursuant to this section. However, the provisions of this section shall not\napply if such vehicle is parked or stopped in such manner as to impede or render\ndangerous the shoulder or other portion of the highway.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 856; 2017, c. 504.","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}}