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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82666</law_id><section_number>16.1-278.10</section_number><catch_line>Traffic infractions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-291</reference><reference>16.1-292</reference><reference>46.2-334.01</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Disposition</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In cases involving a child who is charged with a traffic infraction, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may impose only those penalties which are authorized to be imposed on <span class="dictionary">adults</span> for such infractions.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 534.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
