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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 687 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 11; in 1975, chapter 202; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230687,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75206,"identifier":"46.2-942","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/17\/46.2-942","url":"\/46.2-942\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-942\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/17\/46.2-942","dublin_core":{"Title":"Admissibility of results of speedometer test in prosecution for exceeding speed limit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-942","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the trial<\/span> of any person charged with exceeding any maximum speed limit in the Commonwealth, the court<\/span> shall receive as evidence<\/span> a sworn report of the results of a calibration test of the accuracy of the speedometer in the motor vehicle<\/span> operated by the defendant<\/span> or the arresting officer at the time of the alleged offense<\/span>. The report shall be considered by the court<\/span> or jury<\/span> in both determining guilt or innocence and in fixing punishment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMISSIBILITY OF RESULTS OF SPEEDOMETER TEST IN PROSECUTION FOR EXCEEDING SPEED\nLIMIT (\u00a7 46.2-942)\n\nIn the trial of any person charged with exceeding any maximum speed limit in the\nCommonwealth, the court shall receive as evidence a sworn report of the results\nof a calibration test of the accuracy of the speedometer in the motor vehicle\noperated by the defendant or the arresting officer at the time of the alleged\noffense. The report shall be considered by the court or jury in both determining\nguilt or innocence and in fixing punishment.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 687, \u00a7 46.1-193.1; 1970, c. 11; 1975, c. 202; 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}}