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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84548</law_id><section_number>46.2-2108.2</section_number><catch_line>Necessity of a permit or certificate</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="21">Regulation of Property Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Motor Carriers of Property -- Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">person</span> to operate, offer, advertise, provide, procure, furnish, or arrange to transport property for compensation on an <span class="dictionary">intrastate</span> basis as a <span class="dictionary">motor carrier</span> without first obtaining from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> a <span class="dictionary">permit</span> or <span class="dictionary">certificate of fitness</span> as required by this chapter.</p></section></text><history>2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
