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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57954</law_id><section_number>46.2-2060</section_number><catch_line>Limitations on advertising</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="V">Motor Carriers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="20">Regulation of Passenger Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Taxicabs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Within the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> of Planning District Number Eight, no <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall use the term &#x201C;taxi&#x201D; or &#x201C;taxicab&#x201D; in any advertisement, sign, or trade name, or hold himself out by means of advertising, signs, trade names, or otherwise as an <span class="dictionary">operator</span> of a <span class="dictionary">taxicab or other motor vehicle performing a taxicab service</span> as defined by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-2000/">46.2-2000</a>, unless he complies with the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permit required for taxicab service" href="/46.2-2059/">46.2-2059</a> and any county, city, or town <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> adopted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges" href="/46.2-2062/">46.2-2062</a>. This <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, however, shall not preempt, supersede, or affect in any way the authority of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any county, city, or town to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> local <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> under &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Regulation of taxicab service by localities; rates and charges" href="/46.2-2062/">46.2-2062</a> through <a class="law" title="Local regulation of number of taxicabs" href="/46.2-2067/">46.2-2067</a>.</p></section></text><history>2001, c. 596.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
