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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79911</law_id><section_number>46.2-878.3</section_number><catch_line>Prepayment of fines for violations of speed limits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-69.40:1</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="8">Speed</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the <span class="dictionary">Traffic Infractions</span> and Uniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> for prepayment of fines shall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is permitted, include a fine of $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits provided for in this article. However, such <span class="dictionary">Traffic Infractions</span> and Uniform Fine Schedule shall include a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Maximum speed limits at school crossings; penalty" href="/46.2-873/">46.2-873</a> and <a class="law" title="Maximum speed limits in highway work zones; penalty" href="/46.2-878.1/">46.2-878.1</a> and $8 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Maximum speed limits in certain residence districts of counties, cities, and towns; penalty" href="/46.2-878.2/">46.2-878.2</a>. Any person who drives a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour but below 86 miles per hour on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> in the Commonwealth having a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $100.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 838; 2010, c. 874; 2011, c. 890; 2020, cc. 444, 445.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
