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If multiple licenses, permits, or certificates are held, only one number must appear.\n\nB\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder to knowingly advertise by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, misleading, or deceptive relating to the conduct of the business for which a license, permit, or certificate is held.\n\nC\n\nThe requirement of subsection A of this section to include a license, permit, or certificate number in advertisements shall not apply to excursion train operators.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1360861,"text":"No person shall advertise or permit to be advertised by any means a transportation service unless such person first obtains a license, permit, or certificate as provided in this chapter. Whenever any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder places an advertisement in any newspaper or publication advertising a transportation service, there shall appear within such advertisement the license, permit, or certificate number. If multiple licenses, permits, or certificates are held, only one number must appear.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1360862,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder to knowingly advertise by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, misleading, or deceptive relating to the conduct of the business for which a license, permit, or certificate is held.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1360863,"text":"The requirement of subsection A of this section to include a license, permit, or certificate number in advertisements shall not apply to excursion train operators.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":52115,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Carriers of Passengers -- Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52114,"metadata":{"child_laws":49,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458971,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52115,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52114,"edition_id":2,"name":"Regulation of Passenger Carriers","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52113,"metadata":{"child_laws":129,"child_structures":15},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52114,"identifier":"20","token":"46.2\/V\/20","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52113,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Carriers","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":5,"parent_id":52048,"metadata":{"child_laws":224,"child_structures":31},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52113,"identifier":"V","token":"46.2\/V","url":"\/46.2\/V\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52048,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":101,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1830,"child_structures":157},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:02","permalink":{"id":1452291,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52048,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":365196,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-2000\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000","metadata":false},{"id":365193,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.1","catch_line":"Vehicles excluded from operation of chapter","url":"\/46.2-2000.1\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.1","metadata":false},{"id":365194,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2000.2\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.2","metadata":false},{"id":365195,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.3","catch_line":"Disposition of funds collected","url":"\/46.2-2000.3\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.3","metadata":false},{"id":365200,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2001","catch_line":"Regulation by Department; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365207,"identifier":"46.2-2011.10","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.10","url":"\/46.2-2011.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2011.10\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advertisements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2011.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall advertise or <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span> to be advertised by any means a transportation service unless such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> first obtains a <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> as provided in this chapter. Whenever any licensee, permittee, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> holder places an advertisement in any newspaper or publication advertising a transportation service, there shall appear within such advertisement the <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> number. If multiple <span class=\"dictionary\">licenses<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permits<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificates<\/span> are held, only one number must appear. <a id=\"paragraph-1360861\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.10\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> holder to knowingly advertise by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> that is untrue, misleading, or deceptive relating to the conduct of the business for which a <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> is held. <a id=\"paragraph-1360862\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.10\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The requirement of subsection A of this section to include a <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> number in advertisements shall not apply to <span class=\"dictionary\">excursion train<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">operators<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1360863\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2011.10\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVERTISEMENTS (\u00a7 46.2-2011.10)\n\nA. No person shall advertise or permit to be advertised by any means a\ntransportation service unless such person first obtains a license, permit, or\ncertificate as provided in this chapter. Whenever any licensee, permittee, or\ncertificate holder places an advertisement in any newspaper or publication\nadvertising a transportation service, there shall appear within such\nadvertisement the license, permit, or certificate number. If multiple licenses,\npermits, or certificates are held, only one number must appear.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee, or certificate holder to\nknowingly advertise by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of\nfact that is untrue, misleading, or deceptive relating to the conduct of the\nbusiness for which a license, permit, or certificate is held.\n\nC. The requirement of subsection A of this section to include a license, permit,\nor certificate number in advertisements shall not apply to excursion train\noperators.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861.","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"}}