{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/5.1-90.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/5.1-90.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/5.1-90.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/5.1-90.html"}],"law_id":366700,"edition_id":2,"section_id":366700,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-90","catch_line":"Exempted aircraft","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 56-143; 1952, c. 597; 1970, c. 708.","full_text":"This chapter shall not be construed to cover or include aircraft used exclusively in transporting or handling United States mail, or aircraft while used exclusively in interstate commerce; provided, however, that any common carrier of passengers by airplane holding proper authority for and operating in interstate commerce on January 1, 1970, in the transportation of passengers between any licensed airport adjacent to or within three miles of the Virginia State Line on the one hand and any other licensed airport in Virginia on the other, shall, without further proceedings, be issued a certificate by the Commission authorizing such operations as a common carrier of passengers by aircraft in intrastate commerce if application is made to the Commission within 120 days after this section takes effect. Pending the determination of any such application, the continuance of such operation without a certificate shall be lawful.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1365126,"text":"This chapter shall not be construed to cover or include aircraft used exclusively in transporting or handling United States mail, or aircraft while used exclusively in interstate commerce; provided, however, that any common carrier of passengers by airplane holding proper authority for and operating in interstate commerce on January 1, 1970, in the transportation of passengers between any licensed airport adjacent to or within three miles of the Virginia State Line on the one hand and any other licensed airport in Virginia on the other, shall, without further proceedings, be issued a certificate by the Commission authorizing such operations as a common carrier of passengers by aircraft in intrastate commerce if application is made to the Commission within 120 days after this section takes effect. Pending the determination of any such application, the continuance of such operation without a certificate shall be lawful.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52249,"edition_id":2,"name":"In General","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52224,"metadata":{"child_laws":6,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:27:52","permalink":{"id":1460969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52249,"identifier":"1","token":"5.1\/9\/1","url":"\/5.1\/9\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52224,"edition_id":2,"name":"Air Carriers","identifier":"9","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":12,"parent_id":52221,"metadata":{"child_laws":61,"child_structures":9},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:17","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:27:52","permalink":{"id":1460967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52224,"identifier":"9","token":"5.1\/9","url":"\/5.1\/9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52221,"edition_id":2,"name":"Aviation","identifier":"5.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":9,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":218,"child_structures":28},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:16","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:27:49","permalink":{"id":1460301,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52221,"identifier":"5.1","token":"5.1","url":"\/5.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":366688,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-89","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/5.1-89\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-89","metadata":false},{"id":366700,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-90","catch_line":"Exempted aircraft","url":"\/5.1-90\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-90","metadata":false},{"id":366699,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-90.1","catch_line":"Incidental transportation of certain passengers and property by motor vehicle","url":"\/5.1-90.1\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-90.1","metadata":false},{"id":366701,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-91","catch_line":"Air carriers to comply with chapter; subject to regulation by Commission","url":"\/5.1-91\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-91","metadata":false},{"id":366702,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-92","catch_line":"Regulation by Commission; reports; prevention of discrimination","url":"\/5.1-92\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-92","metadata":false},{"id":366703,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-93","catch_line":"Regulation of brokers","url":"\/5.1-93\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-93","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":366688,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-89","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/5.1-89\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-89","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":366699,"structure_id":52249,"section_number":"5.1-90.1","catch_line":"Incidental transportation of certain passengers and property by motor vehicle","url":"\/5.1-90.1\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-90.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/5.1-90\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1952, chapter 597; in 1970, chapter 708.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1460975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366700,"identifier":"5.1-90","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-90","url":"\/5.1-90\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-90\/","token":"5.1\/9\/1\/5.1-90","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exempted aircraft","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-90","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall not be construed to cover or include aircraft<\/span> used exclusively in transporting or handling United States mail, or aircraft<\/span> while used exclusively in interstate commerce; provided, however, that any common carrier of passengers by airplane holding proper authority for and operating in interstate commerce on January 1, 1970, in the transportation of passengers between any licensed airport<\/span> adjacent to or within three miles of the Virginia State Line on the one hand and any other licensed airport<\/span> in Virginia on the other, shall, without further proceedings, be issued a certificate<\/span> by the Commission<\/span> authorizing such operations as a common carrier of passengers by aircraft<\/span> in intrastate commerce if application is made to the Commission<\/span> within 120 days after this section takes effect. Pending the determination of any such application, the continuance<\/span> of such operation without a certificate<\/span> shall be lawful.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTED AIRCRAFT (\u00a7 5.1-90)\n\nThis chapter shall not be construed to cover or include aircraft used\nexclusively in transporting or handling United States mail, or aircraft while\nused exclusively in interstate commerce; provided, however, that any common\ncarrier of passengers by airplane holding proper authority for and operating in\ninterstate commerce on January 1, 1970, in the transportation of passengers\nbetween any licensed airport adjacent to or within three miles of the Virginia\nState Line on the one hand and any other licensed airport in Virginia on the\nother, shall, without further proceedings, be issued a certificate by the\nCommission authorizing such operations as a common carrier of passengers by\naircraft in intrastate commerce if application is made to the Commission within\n120 days after this section takes effect. Pending the determination of any such\napplication, the continuance of such operation without a certificate shall be\nlawful.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 56-143; 1952, c. 597; 1970, c. 708.","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"}}