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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364692</law_id><section_number>46.2-1088.1</section_number><catch_line>Hood scoops</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="10" identifier="10">Miscellaneous Equipment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> shall be operated on a public <span class="dictionary">highway</span> in the Commonwealth if any hood scoop installed thereon exceeds any of the following dimensions:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For any hood scoop installed on any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> manufactured for the 1990 or earlier model year: thirty-eight inches wide at its widest point, two and one-quarter inches high at its highest point measured from the junction of the dashboard and the windshield, and fifty-two and one-quarter inches long at its longest point. <a id="paragraph-1358704" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1088.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For any hood scoop installed on any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> manufactured for the 1991 or subsequent model year: thirty-eight inches wide at its widest point, one and one-eighth inches high at its highest point measured from the junction of the dashboard and the windshield, and fifty and one-half inches long at its longest point. <a id="paragraph-1358705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1088.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 494.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
