                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCALITIES MAY PROHIBIT OR REGULATE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS, ETC.,
SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS, AND SALE OF MERCHANDISE OR SERVICES ON HIGHWAYS
WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES OR ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND MEDIANS (§ 46.2-931)

A. Any county, city, or town is hereby authorized to adopt an ordinance
prohibiting or regulating:

   1. The distribution of handbills, leaflets, bulletins, literature,
   advertisements, or similar material to the occupants of motor vehicles on
   highways located within its boundaries or on public roadways and medians;

   2. The solicitation of contributions of any nature from the occupants of motor
   vehicles on highways located within its boundaries or on public roadways and
   medians; and

   3. The sale of merchandise or services or the attempted sale of merchandise or
   services to the occupants of motor vehicles on highways located within its
   boundaries or on public roadways and medians.

B. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section may provide that any person
violating the provisions of such ordinances shall be guilty of a traffic
infraction.

C. The Virginia Department of Transportation may regulate activities within such
streets and highways under its jurisdiction, subject to regulations promulgated
by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to allow any locality to permit activities within any highway under
the maintenance and operational jurisdiction of the Virginia Department of
Transportation.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 113; 1989, c. 727; 2005, cc. 488, 541; 2008, cc. 120, 235,
310; 2009, cc. 422, 656, 722; 2010, cc. 378, 589.