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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59897</law_id><section_number>46.2-917</section_number><catch_line>Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-917.1</reference><reference>46.2-917.2</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="14">School Buses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> licensed in Virginia having a seating capacity of more than 15 persons to be operated on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> of the Commonwealth if it is yellow, unless it is used in transporting students who attend public, private, or religious schools or used in transporting elderly individuals or individuals with mental or physical disabilities.
		Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1966, c. 586, &#xA7; 46.1-169.1; 1968, c. 756; 1970, c. 521; 1989, c. 727; 2005, c. 928; 2023, cc. 148, 149.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
