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It has been modified 9 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 671; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1962, chapter 175; in 1972, chapter 63; in 1974, chapter 230; in 1977, chapters 284 and 326; in 1985, chapter 93; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0585\">585<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0646\">646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60931,"identifier":"46.2-889","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/10\/46.2-889","url":"\/46.2-889\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-889\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/10\/46.2-889","dublin_core":{"Title":"Location of parked vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-889","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> shall be stopped except close to and parallel to the right edge of the curb or <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span>, except that a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> may be stopped close to and parallel to the left curb or edge of the <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span> on one-way streets or may be parked at an angle where permitted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, or local authorities with respect to <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> under their <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCATION OF PARKED VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-889)\n\nNo vehicle shall be stopped except close to and parallel to the right edge of\nthe curb or roadway, except that a vehicle may be stopped close to and parallel\nto the left curb or edge of the roadway on one-way streets or may be parked at\nan angle where permitted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the\nDepartment, or local authorities with respect to highways under their\njurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-256; 1952, c. 671; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-248; 1962, c.\n175; 1972, c. 63; 1974, c. 230; 1977, cc. 284, 326; 1985, c. 93; 1989, c. 727;\n2013, cc. 585, 646.","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}}