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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366309</law_id><section_number>46.2-874</section_number><catch_line>Maximum speed limit in business and residence districts</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="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="9" identifier="8">Speed</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The maximum speed shall be 25 miles per hour on <span class="dictionary">highways</span> in business or <span class="dictionary">residence districts</span>, except on interstate or other limited access <span class="dictionary">highways</span> with divided <span class="dictionary">roadways</span> or nonlimited access <span class="dictionary">highways</span> having four or more <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> and all state primary <span class="dictionary">highways</span>. The speed limit on all nonlimited access <span class="dictionary">highways</span> having four or more <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> and all state primary <span class="dictionary">highways</span> shall remain as indicated by signs posted prior to July 1, 2005, unless changed as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-212; 1950, p. 881; 1952, c. 666; 1954, c. 244; 1956, c. 364; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-193; 1960, c. 153; 1962, c. 307; 1964, cc. 118, 408; 1966, c. 85; 1968, c. 641; 1972, cc. 89, 546, 553, 608; 1974, c. 528; 1977, c. 577; 1978, c. 605; 1980, c. 347; 1989, c. 727; 2005, c. 310.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>John J. Bahen, Jr. v. County of Henrico</name><case_number>0500982</case_number><citation>30 Va. App. 227</citation><date>1999-07-06</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066255/john-j-bahen-jr-v-county-of-henrico/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. BENTON, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Cromartie v. Billings</name><case_number>180851</case_number><citation></citation><date>2020-01-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4696250/cromartie-v-billings/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Present: All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
