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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83960</law_id><section_number>46.2-1138.2</section_number><catch_line>Town ordinances concerning weight limits on certain roads</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="17">Maximum Vehicle Weights</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any town that provided, on January 1, 1993, town-owned and -maintained weight scales for the purpose of enforcing the weight limits established by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Weight of vehicles and loads" href="/46.2-1123/">46.2-1123</a> through <a class="law" title="Weight limits for vehicles using interstate highways" href="/46.2-1127/">46.2-1127</a> for any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> or combination of <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> passing over any roads in the town may adopt <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> for the assessment of liquidated <span class="dictionary">damages</span> as to overweight <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> in accordance with the liquidated <span class="dictionary">damages</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date -- see note*) Liquidated damages for violation of weight limits" href="/46.2-1135/">46.2-1135</a>. Such <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> may provide that: <a id="paragraph-300887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Upon a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of a violation of any weight limit prescribed therein, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall assess the <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, <span class="dictionary">operator</span> or other person causing the operation of such overweight <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> at such rate and amount as may be provided in such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>; <a id="paragraph-300888" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The assessment shall be entered by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> as a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for such town; <a id="paragraph-300889" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The entry of such <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall constitute a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the overweight <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>; and <a id="paragraph-300890" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Such sum shall be paid into the treasury of the town and allocated to the fund appropriated by the town for the construction and maintenance of roads under its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-300891" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Such <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> may include additional provisions relating to the payment of such assessment and the enforcement powers applicable to such town and corresponding to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Penalty for violation of weight limits" href="/46.2-1131/">46.2-1131</a>, <a class="law" title="Special processing provisions for overweight violations" href="/46.2-1133/">46.2-1133</a>, <a class="law" title="Special overweight seizure provisions; penalty" href="/46.2-1134/">46.2-1134</a> and <a class="law" title="(Contingent effective date -- see note*) Liquidated damages for violation of weight limits" href="/46.2-1135/">46.2-1135</a>, except that civil penalties, liquidated <span class="dictionary">damages</span> and weighing fees collected pursuant to such <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> shall be paid to the town, and the town attorney or his designee shall represent the town in any <span class="dictionary">court</span> proceeding. <a id="paragraph-300892" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1138.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 511.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
