                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FORKLIFT TRUCKS (§ 46.2-678)

A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license
plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any forklift truck provided
it is:

   1. Operated by a person holding a valid Virginia driver&#8217;s license;

   2. Operated along or across highways only in traveling from one plant,
   factory, or job site to another by the most direct route;

   3. Not carrying or transporting any object or person, other than the driver;

   4. Displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem in conformity with &#xA7;
   46.2-1081;

   5. In compliance with requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and
   Health Administration;

   6. Not operated on or along any limited access highway; and

   7. Not operated for a distance of more than ten miles.

B. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;forklift truck&#8221; means a
self-propelled machine used for hoisting and transporting heavy objects by means
of steel fingers inserted under the load.

HISTORY: 1973, c. 194, § 46.1-45.2; 1980, c. 37; 1986, c. 220; 1987, cc. 151,
342, 388; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142.