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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364595</law_id><section_number>46.2-1014.1</section_number><catch_line>Supplemental high mount stop light</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Lights and Turn Signals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever operated on the <span class="dictionary">highways</span>, every Virginia-registered <span class="dictionary">passenger car</span> manufactured for the 1986 or subsequent model year shall be equipped with a supplemental center high mount stop <span class="dictionary">light</span> of a type approved by the <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> or which meets the standards adopted by the United States <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation. The <span class="dictionary">light</span> shall be mounted as near the vertical center line of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> as possible. The <span class="dictionary">light</span> shall be actuated only in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>&#x2019;s brake <span class="dictionary">lights</span> and hazard <span class="dictionary">lights</span>. Any supplemental high mount stop <span class="dictionary">light</span> installed on any other <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> shall comply with those requirements. <a id="paragraph-1358417" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1014.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer</span> shall stop a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> for a violation of this section. No <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> discovered or obtained as the result of a stop in violation of this subsection, including <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> discovered or obtained with the <span class="dictionary">operator</span>&#x2019;s consent, shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> in any <span class="dictionary">trial</span>, <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, or other proceeding. <a id="paragraph-1358418" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1014.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 955; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 45, 51.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
