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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 506 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 1979 \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 1999, chapter 77<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":259843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60468,"identifier":"59.1-207.2","token":"59.1\/17.1\/59.1-207.2","url":"\/59.1-207.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207.2\/","token":"59.1\/17.1\/59.1-207.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> “Motor vehicle<\/span>” shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion and every vehicle drawn by or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle<\/span> and includes every device in, upon or by which any property is or can be transported or drawn upon a highway, whether or not required to be licensed by the Commonwealth, but shall not include devices moved by human or animal power or devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Nor shall it include those parts of a manufactured home which do not affect the ability of the manufactured home to be safely upon a highway. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> “Person<\/span>” shall include any natural person<\/span>, firm, partnership, association or corporation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> “Automobile repair facility<\/span>” shall mean any person<\/span> who for profit diagnoses or corrects malfunctions of, or damage to, a motor vehicle<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-207.2)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n1. “Motor vehicle” shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled\nor designed for self-propulsion and every vehicle drawn by or designed to be\ndrawn by a motor vehicle and includes every device in, upon or by which any\nproperty is or can be transported or drawn upon a highway, whether or not\nrequired to be licensed by the Commonwealth, but shall not include devices moved\nby human or animal power or devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or\ntracks. Nor shall it include those parts of a manufactured home which do not\naffect the ability of the manufactured home to be safely upon a highway.\n\n2. “Person” shall include any natural person, firm, partnership,\nassociation or corporation.\n\n3. “Automobile repair facility” shall mean any person who for profit\ndiagnoses or corrects malfunctions of, or damage to, a motor vehicle.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 506; 1999, c. 77.","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}}