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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70960</law_id><section_number>46.2-303</section_number><catch_line>Licenses not required for operating road roller or farm tractor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-300</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="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">When License Not Required</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall be required to obtain a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license to operate a road roller or road machinery used under the supervision and control of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation for construction or maintenance purposes. No person shall be required to obtain a <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s license for the purpose of operating any <span class="dictionary">farm tractor</span>, farm machinery, or <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> defined in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Backhoes" href="/46.2-663/">46.2-663</a> through <a class="law" title="Vehicles used by commercial fishermen" href="/46.2-674/">46.2-674</a>, temporarily drawn, moved, or propelled on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span>. The term &#x201C;road machinery&#x201D; shall not include <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> required to be licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-348; 1952, c. 498; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-352; 1972, c. 346; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
