                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS OR DEVICES (§ 46.2-1048)

No motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth and manufactured for the model
year 1973 or for subsequent model years shall be operated on the highways in the
Commonwealth unless it is equipped with an air pollution control system, device,
or combination of such systems or devices installed in accordance with federal
laws and regulations.
		It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle, as herein
described, on the highways in the Commonwealth with its pollution control system
or device removed or otherwise rendered inoperable.
		It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the highways in the
Commonwealth a motor vehicle, as described in this section, equipped with any
emission control system or device unless it is of a type installed as standard
factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use upon the particular
vehicle as standard factory equipment.
		No motor vehicle, as described in this section, shall be issued a safety
inspection approval sticker unless it is equipped as provided under the
foregoing provisions of this section or if it violates this section.
		The provisions of this section shall not prohibit or prevent shop adjustments
or replacements of equipment for maintenance or repair or the conversion of
engines to low polluting fuels, such as, but not limited to, natural gas or
propane, so long as such action does not degrade the antipollution capabilities
of the vehicle power system.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to converted electric vehicles.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 640, § 46.1-301.1; 1973, c. 5; 1989, c. 727; 2012, c. 177.