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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0258\">258<\/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":[{"id":365867,"section_number":"46.2-649.3","catch_line":"Registration of covered farm vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-649.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":365867,"section_number":"46.2-649.3","catch_line":"Registration of covered farm vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-649.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1455181,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365868,"identifier":"46.2-649.4","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-649.4","url":"\/46.2-649.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-649.4\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/3\/46.2-649.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered farm vehicles; exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-649.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A covered farm <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Registration of covered farm vehicles\" href=\"\/46.2-649.3\/\">46.2-649.3<\/a>, including the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of that <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span>, is exempt from the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Any requirement relating to commercial <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span>&#8217;s licenses in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part 383; <a id=\"paragraph-1363063\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-649.4\/#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> Any requirement relating to controlled substances and alcohol use and testing in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part 382; <a id=\"paragraph-1363064\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-649.4\/#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> Any requirement in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. 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Part 396, Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance. <a id=\"paragraph-1363067\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-649.4\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED FARM VEHICLES; EXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 46.2-649.4)\n\nA covered farm vehicle as defined in \u00a7 46.2-649.3, including the operator of\nthat vehicle, is exempt from the following:\n\n1. Any requirement relating to commercial driver&#8217;s licenses in Federal\nMotor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part 383;\n\n2. Any requirement relating to controlled substances and alcohol use and testing\nin Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part 382;\n\n3. Any requirement in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part\n391, Subpart E, Physical Qualifications and Examinations;\n\n4. Any requirement in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part\n395, Hours of Service of Drivers; and\n\n5. Any requirement in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 C.F.R. Part\n396, Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 258.","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"}}