                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF TOLL FACILITY WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TOLL; CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE CONSIDERED IN
ASSESSING PENALTY (§ 46.2-819)

Except for those permitted free use of toll facilities under § 33.2-613, it is
unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to use a toll facility without
payment of the specified toll.
		However, in considering the case of anyone accused of violating this section,
the court shall take into consideration (i) except for lanes equipped for
payment of tolls through an automatic vehicle identification system, whether the
toll booth or collection facility at which the defendant failed to pay the toll
was manned at the time; (ii) whether the defendant was required to pay the toll
with the exact amount in change; (iii) whether the defendant had the exact
change to make the payment; and (iv) whether the defendant had been afforded
appropriate advance notice, by signs or other means, that he would be required
to pay a toll and pay it with the exact change. No person shall be subject to
both prosecution under this section and to the provisions of § 46.2-819.1 or
46.2-819.3 for actions arising out of the same transaction or occurrence.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 79, § 46.1-229.4; 1989, c. 727; 1998, c. 802; 2004, c. 924;
2016, c. 753.