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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64956</law_id><section_number>46.2-1129</section_number><catch_line>Further extensions of weight limits for certain vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1128</reference><reference>46.2-1137</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="17">Maximum Vehicle Weights</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> used for hauling Virginia-grown forest or farm products, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4709/">3.2-4709</a>, from the place where they are first produced, cut, harvested, or felled to the location where they are first processed may obtain from the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> an extension for such vehicle of the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span> limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span> limits set forth in this title. The permit shall extend the single axle, tandem axle, and <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span> limits based on axle spacing and number of axles on such vehicle by five percent, respectively. However, no such permit shall authorize the operation of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> whose <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span> exceeds 84,000 pounds.
		No permit issued under this section shall permit the operation on an interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> of any vehicle with (i) a <span class="dictionary">single axle weight</span> in excess of 20,000 pounds, or (ii) a <span class="dictionary">tandem axle weight</span> in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii) a <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span>, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Maximum gross weight, generally" href="/46.2-1126/">46.2-1126</a>, or (iv) a <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span>, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of 80,000 pounds. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits.
		Weight extensions provided in this section shall be in addition to those provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Extensions of weight limits; fees" href="/46.2-1128/">46.2-1128</a>, but no weights beyond those permitted by the combination of the extensions provided in this section and &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Extensions of weight limits; fees" href="/46.2-1128/">46.2-1128</a> shall be tolerated.
		<span class="dictionary">Vehicles</span> that are registered as farm use <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date &#x2014; see Acts 2019, cc. 837 and 846) Fees for farm vehicles" href="/46.2-698/">46.2-698</a> may operate as authorized under this section; provided, however, that should such vehicle violate the weight limits permitted by this section and &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Extensions of weight limits; fees" href="/46.2-1128/">46.2-1128</a>, such vehicle shall no longer be permitted to operate as authorized in this section.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 669, &#xA7; 46.1-339.02; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283; 2006, c. 534; 2012, c. 443.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
