{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/46.2-2173.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/46.2-2173.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/46.2-2173.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/46.2-2173.html"}],"law_id":365434,"edition_id":2,"section_id":365434,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2173","catch_line":"Tariff contents","history":"2001, c. 596; 2006, c. 609.","full_text":"Tariff contents shall contain certain information:\n\n1\n\nTable of contents, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the number of the page and\/or item number on which each subject may be found. If a tariff contains so small a volume of matter that its title page or interior arrangement plainly discloses its contents, the table of contents may be omitted.\n\n2\n\nA complete list of all carriers participating in the tariff, or reference to the governing publication which participation is shown.\n\n3\n\nA complete index of all commodities on which specific rates are named therein, together with reference to the page and\/or items in which they are shown. No index need be shown in tariffs of less than five pages, or if all the rates to each destination are alphabetically arranged by commodities.\n\n4\n\nExplanations of all notes, abbreviations, symbols and reference marks used in tariff.\n\n5\n\nRules that govern in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges and services covered.\n\n6\n\nAny exceptions to the application of rates named, and non-application of rates named therein.\n\n7\n\nAll line haul transportation rates shall be explicitly stated in dollars and cents.\n\n8\n\nHousehold goods carriers shall establish the charge to be made for each accessorial or terminal service rendered in connection with the shipment. The tariff shall separately state each service to be rendered and the charge therefor.\n\t\t\ta. The charges for packing and unpacking shall be stated in amounts per container or per hundred weight.\n\n\t\t\tb. An hourly labor charge may be established to cover miscellaneous labor services performed at the request of the shipper when a rate is not separately stated for the service requested.\n\n9\n\nTariffs based on distances from point of origin to destination shall show the mileages or indicate a definite method by which such mileages shall be determined.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1361525,"text":"Tariff contents shall contain certain information:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":1361526,"text":"Table of contents, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the number of the page and\/or item number on which each subject may be found. If a tariff contains so small a volume of matter that its title page or interior arrangement plainly discloses its contents, the table of contents may be omitted.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":1361527,"text":"A complete list of all carriers participating in the tariff, or reference to the governing publication which participation is shown.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":1361528,"text":"A complete index of all commodities on which specific rates are named therein, together with reference to the page and\/or items in which they are shown. No index need be shown in tariffs of less than five pages, or if all the rates to each destination are alphabetically arranged by commodities.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":1361529,"text":"Explanations of all notes, abbreviations, symbols and reference marks used in tariff.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":1361530,"text":"Rules that govern in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges and services covered.","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":1361531,"text":"Any exceptions to the application of rates named, and non-application of rates named therein.","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":1361532,"text":"All line haul transportation rates shall be explicitly stated in dollars and cents.","type":"section","prefixes":["7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"7","prefix_anchor":"7","level":1,"prior_prefix":"6","next_prefix":"8"},"8":{"id":1361533,"text":"Household goods carriers shall establish the charge to be made for each accessorial or terminal service rendered in connection with the shipment. The tariff shall separately state each service to be rendered and the charge therefor.\n\t\t\ta. The charges for packing and unpacking shall be stated in amounts per container or per hundred weight.\t\t\tb. An hourly labor charge may be established to cover miscellaneous labor services performed at the request of the shipper when a rate is not separately stated for the service requested.","type":"section","prefixes":["8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"8","prefix_anchor":"8","level":1,"prior_prefix":"7","next_prefix":"9"},"9":{"id":1361534,"text":"Tariffs based on distances from point of origin to destination shall show the mileages or indicate a definite method by which such mileages shall be determined.","type":"section","prefixes":["9"],"prefix":"9","entire_prefix":"9","prefix_anchor":"9","level":1,"prior_prefix":"8"}},"ancestry":[{"id":52134,"edition_id":2,"name":"Household Goods Carriers","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":4,"parent_id":52130,"metadata":{"child_laws":25,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:54:05","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:24","permalink":{"id":1459725,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52134,"identifier":"4","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52130,"edition_id":2,"name":"Regulation of Property Carriers","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":2,"parent_id":52113,"metadata":{"child_laws":76,"child_structures":5},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:57","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:24","permalink":{"id":1459517,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52130,"identifier":"21","token":"46.2\/V\/21","url":"\/46.2\/V\/21\/","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":365402,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2149","catch_line":"Certain household goods carriers exempt from certain provisions of article","url":"\/46.2-2149\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2149","metadata":false},{"id":365404,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2150","catch_line":"Required certificates of fitness","url":"\/46.2-2150\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2150","metadata":false},{"id":365405,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2151","catch_line":"Considerations for determination of issuance of certificate","url":"\/46.2-2151\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2151","metadata":false},{"id":365406,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2152","catch_line":"Control by Department","url":"\/46.2-2152\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2152","metadata":false},{"id":365407,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2153","catch_line":"Provisions of chapter controlling","url":"\/46.2-2153\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2153","metadata":false},{"id":365408,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2154","catch_line":"Discontinuance of service","url":"\/46.2-2154\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2154","metadata":false},{"id":365409,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2155","catch_line":"Power and duty of Department","url":"\/46.2-2155\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2155","metadata":false},{"id":365410,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2156","catch_line":"Solicitation, booking, registration by other persons prohibited; 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power of attorney","url":"\/46.2-2172\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2172","metadata":false},{"id":365434,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2173","catch_line":"Tariff contents","url":"\/46.2-2173\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2173","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":365433,"structure_id":52134,"section_number":"46.2-2172","catch_line":"Joint tariffs; power of attorney","url":"\/46.2-2172\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2172","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-2173\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2001. 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 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0609\">609<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365434,"identifier":"46.2-2173","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2173","url":"\/46.2-2173\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2173\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2173","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tariff contents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2173","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Tariff contents shall contain certain information:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Table of contents, arranged in alphabetical <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, showing the number of the page and\/or item number on which each subject may be found. If a tariff contains so small a volume of matter that its title page or interior arrangement plainly discloses its contents, the table of contents may be omitted. <a id=\"paragraph-1361526\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A complete list of all carriers participating in the tariff, or reference to the governing publication which participation is shown. <a id=\"paragraph-1361527\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A complete index of all commodities on which specific rates are named therein, together with reference to the page and\/or items in which they are shown. No index need be shown in tariffs of less than five pages, or if all the rates to each destination are alphabetically arranged by commodities. <a id=\"paragraph-1361528\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Explanations of all notes, abbreviations, symbols and reference marks used in tariff. <a id=\"paragraph-1361529\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Rules that govern in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">services<\/span> covered. <a id=\"paragraph-1361530\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Any exceptions to the application of rates named, and non-application of rates named therein. <a id=\"paragraph-1361531\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> All line haul <span class=\"dictionary\">transportation<\/span> rates shall be explicitly stated in dollars and cents. <a id=\"paragraph-1361532\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"8\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">8.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Household goods carriers<\/span> shall establish the charge to be made for each accessorial or terminal service rendered in connection with the shipment. The tariff shall separately state each service to be rendered and the charge therefor.\n\t\t\ta. The charges for packing and unpacking shall be stated in amounts per container or per hundred weight.<br \/><br \/>\t\t\tb. An hourly labor charge may be established to cover miscellaneous labor <span class=\"dictionary\">services<\/span> performed at the request of the shipper when a rate is not separately stated for the service requested. <a id=\"paragraph-1361533\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#8\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"9\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">9.<\/span> Tariffs based on distances from point of origin to destination shall show the mileages or indicate a definite method by which such mileages shall be determined. <a id=\"paragraph-1361534\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-2173\/#9\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTARIFF CONTENTS (\u00a7 46.2-2173)\n\nTariff contents shall contain certain information:\n\n1. Table of contents, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the number of the\npage and\/or item number on which each subject may be found. If a tariff contains\nso small a volume of matter that its title page or interior arrangement plainly\ndiscloses its contents, the table of contents may be omitted.\n\n2. A complete list of all carriers participating in the tariff, or reference to\nthe governing publication which participation is shown.\n\n3. A complete index of all commodities on which specific rates are named\ntherein, together with reference to the page and\/or items in which they are\nshown. No index need be shown in tariffs of less than five pages, or if all the\nrates to each destination are alphabetically arranged by commodities.\n\n4. Explanations of all notes, abbreviations, symbols and reference marks used in\ntariff.\n\n5. Rules that govern in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges\nand services covered.\n\n6. Any exceptions to the application of rates named, and non-application of\nrates named therein.\n\n7. All line haul transportation rates shall be explicitly stated in dollars and\ncents.\n\n8. Household goods carriers shall establish the charge to be made for each\naccessorial or terminal service rendered in connection with the shipment. The\ntariff shall separately state each service to be rendered and the charge\ntherefor.\n\t\t\ta. The charges for packing and unpacking shall be stated in amounts per\ncontainer or per hundred weight.\t\t\tb. An hourly labor charge may be established\nto cover miscellaneous labor services performed at the request of the shipper\nwhen a rate is not separately stated for the service requested.\n\n9. Tariffs based on distances from point of origin to destination shall show the\nmileages or indicate a definite method by which such mileages shall be\ndetermined.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2006, c. 609.","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"}}