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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61262</law_id><section_number>46.2-819</section_number><catch_line>Use of toll facility without payment of toll; circumstances to be considered in assessing penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-503</reference><reference>33.2-505</reference><reference>46.2-819.1</reference><reference>46.2-819.3</reference><reference>46.2-819.3:1</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="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Toll Violations and Enforcement</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except for those permitted free use of toll facilities under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Free use of toll facilities by certain state officers and employees; penalties" href="/33.2-613/">33.2-613</a>, it is unlawful for the <span class="dictionary">operator</span> of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> to use a toll facility without payment of the specified toll.
		However, in considering the case of anyone <span class="dictionary">accused</span> of violating this section, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall take into consideration (i) except for <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> equipped for payment of tolls through an automatic vehicle identification system, whether the toll booth or collection facility at which the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> failed to pay the toll was manned at the time; (ii) whether the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> was required to pay the toll with the exact amount in change; (iii) whether the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> had the exact change to make the payment; and (iv) whether the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> had been afforded appropriate advance notice, by signs or other means, that he would be required to pay a toll and pay it with the exact change. No person shall be subject to both <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> under this section and to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with electronic or manual toll facilities; penalty" href="/46.2-819.1/">46.2-819.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Use of toll facility without payment of toll; enforcement; penalty" href="/46.2-819.3/">46.2-819.3</a> for actions arising out of the same transaction or occurrence.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 79, &#xA7; 46.1-229.4; 1989, c. 727; 1998, c. 802; 2004, c. 924; 2016, c. 753.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
