                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER (§ 46.2-2101)

The following are exempt from this chapter:

1. Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States, District of Columbia,
any state, municipality, or any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth.

2. Transportation of property between any point in this Commonwealth and any
point outside this Commonwealth or between any points wholly within the limits
of any city or town in the Commonwealth. This exemption shall not apply to the
requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2121.1 or the
insurance requirement imposed on motor carriers pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2143.1.

3. Motor vehicles controlled and operated by a bona fide cooperative association
as defined in the Federal Marketing Act, approved June 15, 1929, as amended, or
organized or existing under Article 2 (&#xA7; 13.1-312 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of
Title 13.1, while used exclusively in the conduct of the business of such
association. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare
for-hire operation pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2121.1.

4. Motor vehicles while used exclusively in (i) carrying newspapers, water,
livestock, poultry, poultry products, buttermilk, fresh milk and cream, meats,
butter and cheese produced on a farm, fish (including shellfish), slate,
horticultural or agricultural commodities (not including manufactured products
thereof), and forest products, including lumber and staves (but not including
manufactured products thereof), (ii) transporting farm supplies to a farm or
farms, (iii) hauling for the Department of Transportation, (iv) carrying
fertilizer to any warehouse or warehouses for subsequent distribution to a local
area farm or farms, or (v) collecting and disposing of trash, garbage and other
refuse. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare for-hire
operation pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2121.1.

5. Motor vehicles used for transporting property by an air carrier or carrier
affiliated with a direct air carrier whether or not such property has had or
will have a prior or subsequent air movement. This exemption shall not apply to
the requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2121.1.

6. Motor carriers exclusively operating passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles,
mopeds, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
less. This exemption shall not apply to the insurance requirements imposed on
motor carriers pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-2143.1 or 46.2-2143.2.

7. Personal delivery devices as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-100.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 56-338.2; 1954, c. 344; 1956, c. 697; 1973, c. 305; 1995,
cc. 744, 803; 2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 832; 2012, c. 638; 2017, cc. 251, 788, 790,
815; 2020, c. 1269.