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However, such Traffic Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule shall include a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-873 and 46.2-878.1 and $8 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of \u00a7 46.2-878.2. Any person who drives a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour but below 86 miles per hour on any highway in the Commonwealth having a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $100.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286212,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Traffic Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme Court for prepayment of fines shall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is permitted, include a fine of $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits provided for in this article. 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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 838<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 2010, chapter 874<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 890<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 444<\/a> and 445<\/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":[{"id":79719,"section_number":"46.2-873","catch_line":"Maximum speed limits at school crossings; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-873\/"},{"id":57192,"section_number":"46.2-878.1","catch_line":"Maximum speed limits in highway work zones; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-878.1\/"},{"id":79416,"section_number":"46.2-878.2","catch_line":"Maximum speed limits in certain residence districts of counties, cities, and towns; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-878.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79911,"identifier":"46.2-878.3","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/8\/46.2-878.3","url":"\/46.2-878.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-878.3\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/8\/46.2-878.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prepayment of fines for violations of speed limits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-878.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Traffic Infractions<\/span> and Uniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme Court<\/span> for prepayment of fines shall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is permitted, include a fine of $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits provided for in this article. However, such Traffic Infractions<\/span> and Uniform Fine Schedule shall include a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-873<\/a> and 46.2-878.1<\/a> and $8 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of \u00a7 46.2-878.2<\/a>. Any person who drives a motor vehicle<\/span> at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour but below 86 miles per hour on any highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth having a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $100.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPREPAYMENT OF FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SPEED LIMITS (\u00a7 46.2-878.3)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, the Traffic Infractions and\nUniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme Court for prepayment of fines\nshall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is permitted, include a fine\nof $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits provided for in this\narticle. However, such Traffic Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule shall\ninclude a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a\nviolation of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-873 and 46.2-878.1 and $8 per mile-per-hour in excess of\nposted speed limits for a violation of \u00a7 46.2-878.2. Any person who drives a\nmotor vehicle at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour but below 86 miles per\nhour on any highway in the Commonwealth having a maximum speed limit of 65 miles\nper hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $100.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 838; 2010, c. 874; 2011, c. 890; 2020, cc. 444, 445.","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}}