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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63446</law_id><section_number>46.2-1401</section_number><catch_line>Motor carrier laws do not apply</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="14">Ridesharing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following <span class="dictionary">laws</span> and regulations of the Commonwealth shall not apply to any ridesharing arrangement using a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> with a seating capacity for not more than fifteen persons, including the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Laws</span> and regulations containing insurance requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>; <a id="paragraph-231190" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1401/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Laws</span> imposing a greater standard of care on motor carriers or commercial vehicles than that imposed on other <span class="dictionary">drivers</span> or <span class="dictionary">owners</span> of <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span>; <a id="paragraph-231191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1401/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Laws</span> and regulations with equipment requirements and special accident reporting requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles; and <a id="paragraph-231192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1401/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Laws</span> imposing a tax on fuel purchased in another state by a motor carrier or road user taxes on commercial buses. <a id="paragraph-231193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1401/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 218, &#xA7; 46.1-557; 1989, c. 727; 2002, c. 337.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
