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Such devices shall be of types not prohibited by the Superintendent.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358615,"text":"Every law-enforcement vehicle, every vehicle authorized to be equipped with warning lights pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1022 and 46.2-1023 shall be equipped with a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent signals. 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It has been modified 7 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1960, chapter 391; in 1966, chapters 655, 664, and 699; in 1968, chapter 89; in 1980, chapter 337; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1990, chapter 418.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":364606,"section_number":"46.2-1022","catch_line":"Flashing or steady-burning blue or red, flashing red and blue or blue and white, or red, white, and blue warning lights","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1022\/"},{"id":364607,"section_number":"46.2-1023","catch_line":"Flashing red or red and white warning lights","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1023\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1456661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364658,"identifier":"46.2-1061","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/7\/46.2-1061","url":"\/46.2-1061\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1061\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/7\/46.2-1061","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sirens or exhaust whistles on emergency vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1061","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span>, every <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> authorized to be equipped with warning <span class=\"dictionary\">lights<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Flashing or steady-burning blue or red, flashing red and blue or blue and white, or red, white, and blue warning lights\" href=\"\/46.2-1022\/\">46.2-1022<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Flashing red or red and white warning lights\" href=\"\/46.2-1023\/\">46.2-1023<\/a> shall be equipped with a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent signals. Such devices shall be of types not prohibited by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIRENS OR EXHAUST WHISTLES ON EMERGENCY VEHICLES (\u00a7 46.2-1061)\n\nEvery law-enforcement vehicle, every vehicle authorized to be equipped with\nwarning lights pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1022 and 46.2-1023 shall be equipped with a\nsiren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent\nsignals. Such devices shall be of types not prohibited by the Superintendent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-291; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-285; 1960, c. 391; 1966,\ncc. 655, 664, 699; 1968, c. 89; 1980, c. 337; 1989, c. 727; 1990, c. 418.","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"}}