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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 359 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. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1455339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365907,"identifier":"46.2-680","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-680","url":"\/46.2-680\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-680\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-680","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicles transporting oyster shells","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-680","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, <span class=\"dictionary\">license plates<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">decals<\/span> for or pay a registration fee for any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> properly registered in Maryland and used for the purpose of hauling oyster shells for a distance of less than three miles on a public <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> of this Commonwealth to navigable waters to be further transported by water to Maryland.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLES TRANSPORTING OYSTER SHELLS (\u00a7 46.2-680)\n\nNo person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license\nplates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle properly\nregistered in Maryland and used for the purpose of hauling oyster shells for a\ndistance of less than three miles on a public highway of this Commonwealth to\nnavigable waters to be further transported by water to Maryland.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 359, \u00a7 46.1-45.3; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142.","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"}}