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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 171 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0834\">834<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0254\">254<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0251\">251<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0788\">788<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1457467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366354,"identifier":"46.2-908","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/12\/46.2-908","url":"\/46.2-908\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-908\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/12\/46.2-908","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric personal delivery device, and electric power-assisted bicycle serial numbers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-908","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who owns a bicycle, <span class=\"dictionary\">electric personal assistive mobility device<\/span>, electric <span class=\"dictionary\">personal delivery device<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">electric power-assisted bicycle<\/span> may register its serial number with the local <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency of the political subdivision in which such person resides.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF BICYCLE, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE, ELECTRIC\nPERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBERS (\u00a7\n46.2-908)\n\nAny person who owns a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device,\nelectric personal delivery device, or electric power-assisted bicycle may\nregister its serial number with the local law-enforcement agency of the\npolitical subdivision in which such person resides.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 171, \u00a7 46.1-66.1; 1989, c. 727; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254;\n2017, cc. 251, 788.","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"}}