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It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 652; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0324\">324<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364598,"identifier":"46.2-1016","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1016","url":"\/46.2-1016\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1016\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1016","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lights on other vehicles; reflectors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1016","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span>, including animal-drawn <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span>, or other mobile equipment not otherwise in this article required to be equipped with specified <span class=\"dictionary\">lights<\/span> shall carry at least one or more white <span class=\"dictionary\">lights<\/span> to the front and a red <span class=\"dictionary\">light<\/span> to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front and rear of such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span>. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">lights<\/span> may be <span class=\"dictionary\">battery<\/span>-operated.<\/p><p>In lieu of or in addition to the <span class=\"dictionary\">lights<\/span>, a reflector of a type, size, and color approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> may be permanently affixed to the rear and front of any <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> described in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIGHTS ON OTHER VEHICLES; REFLECTORS (\u00a7 46.2-1016)\n\nAll vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles, or other mobile equipment not\notherwise in this article required to be equipped with specified lights shall\ncarry at least one or more white lights to the front and a red light to the rear\nvisible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front\nand rear of such vehicles. Such lights may be battery-operated.\n\nIn lieu of or in addition to the lights, a reflector of a type, size, and color\napproved by the Superintendent may be permanently affixed to the rear and front\nof any vehicle described in this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 46-269, 46-270; 1952, c. 652; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7\n46.1-264; 1989, c. 727; 2023, c. 324.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}