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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76491</law_id><section_number>46.2-1051</section_number><catch_line>Local ordinances; vehicle exhaust</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any county, city, or town may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, regulate noise from a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> operated on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> that is not equipped with a muffler and exhaust system conforming to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Muffler cutout, etc., illegal" href="/46.2-1047/">46.2-1047</a> and <a class="law" title="Exhaust system in good working order" href="/46.2-1049/">46.2-1049</a>. <a id="paragraph-274569" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1051/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provisions of subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers of local authorities generally; erection of signs and markers; maximum penalties" href="/46.2-1300/">46.2-1300</a> shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> adopted pursuant to this section. <a id="paragraph-274570" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1051/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 211, &#xA7; 46.1-302.4; 1989, c. 727; 2004, cc. 947, 973; 2006, cc. 830, 896; 2022, c. 490.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
