                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STANDARD FOR VEHICLE TIRE; SALE OF CERTAIN TIRES PROHIBITED; PENALTY (§
46.2-1042)

No person shall sell or offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent to
sell any motor vehicle tire unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards
established by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National
Standards Institute, Inc., or the federal Department of Transportation and (ii)
is marked in accordance with those standards.
		No person shall knowingly operate on any highway in the Commonwealth a
Virginia registered motor vehicle equipped with any regrooved or recut tire
unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds standards established by the Society of
Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the
federal Department of Transportation and (ii) is marked in accordance with those
standards.
		Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class
1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 490, § 46.1-295.2; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 92.