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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 164 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0053\">53<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364665,"identifier":"46.2-1068","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/9\/46.2-1068","url":"\/46.2-1068\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1068\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/9\/46.2-1068","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emergency or parking brakes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1068","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> and combination of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span>, except <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycles<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">autocycles<\/span>, shall be equipped with emergency or parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle or <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMERGENCY OR PARKING BRAKES (\u00a7 46.2-1068)\n\nEvery motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, except motorcycles or\nautocycles, shall be equipped with emergency or parking brakes adequate to hold\nthe vehicle or vehicles on any grade on which it is operated, under all\nconditions of loading on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 164, \u00a7 46.1-278.1; 1989, c. 727; 2014, cc. 53, 256.","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"}}