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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365270,"identifier":"46.2-2066","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2066","url":"\/46.2-2066\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2066\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2066","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for violation of provisions of article or regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2066","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> used as a vehicle for the transportation of persons<\/span> for a consideration on any highway<\/span>, street, road, lane<\/span> or alley in any county, city or town who violates any of the provisions of this article or regulations of a governing body<\/span> made pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span> and upon conviction<\/span> thereof be fined not more than $100 for the first offense<\/span> and not more than $500 for each subsequent offense<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE OR REGULATIONS (\u00a7 46.2-2066)\n\nEvery owner or operator of a motor vehicle used as a vehicle for the\ntransportation of persons for a consideration on any highway, street, road, lane\nor alley in any county, city or town who violates any of the provisions of this\narticle or regulations of a governing body made pursuant to this chapter shall\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not more than\n$100 for the first offense and not more than $500 for each subsequent offense.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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"}}