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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 736<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364799,"identifier":"46.2-1156.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/20\/46.2-1156.1","url":"\/46.2-1156.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1156.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/20\/46.2-1156.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transportation of persons less than sixteen years old in pickup truck beds prohibited; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1156.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person under sixteen years of age shall be transported in the rear cargo area of any pickup truck<\/span> on the highways<\/span> of Virginia. The provisions of this section shall not apply to transportation of persons in the bed of any pickup truck<\/span> being operated (i) as part of an organized parade authorized by the Department<\/span> of Transportation or the locality in which the parade is being conducted or (ii) on or across a highway<\/span> from one field or parcel of land to another field or parcel of land in connection with farming operations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OLD IN PICKUP TRUCK BEDS\nPROHIBITED; EXCEPTION (\u00a7 46.2-1156.1)\n\nNo person under sixteen years of age shall be transported in the rear cargo area\nof any pickup truck on the highways of Virginia. The provisions of this section\nshall not apply to transportation of persons in the bed of any pickup truck\nbeing operated (i) as part of an organized parade authorized by the Department\nof Transportation or the locality in which the parade is being conducted or (ii)\non or across a highway from one field or parcel of land to another field or\nparcel of land in connection with farming operations.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 736.","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"}}