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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67673</law_id><section_number>46.2-1047</section_number><catch_line>Muffler cutout, etc., illegal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1051</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Exhaust System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any (i) muffler without interior baffle plates or other effective muffling device or (ii) gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> in the Commonwealth a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, or motorized skateboard or foot-scooter equipped with a gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-306; 1950, p. 54; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-302; 1964, c. 628; 1989, c. 727; 2006, cc. 529, 538; 2013, c. 783.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
