CHAPTER 541

AN ACT to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the motor vehicle laws of
Virginia; to that end to repeal Title 46 of the Code of Virginia, which
title includes Chapters 1 to 10 and 8§ 46-1 to 46-558, inclusive, of the
Code of Virginia, as severally amended, which title relates to motor ve-
hicles generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in
lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed
by this act a new title numbered 46.1, which title consists of nine new
chapters numbered 1 to 9, inclusive, and new sections numbered 46.1-1
to 46.1-555, inclusive, relating to motor vehicles generally; and to pro-
vide for the applicability of certain other sections of the Code of
Virginia to certain sections in said new title. (S$ 10]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Title 46 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters
1 to 10 and §§ 46-1 to 46-553, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as severally
amended, is repealed.

2. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto, in lieu of
the title, chapters and sections of the Code of Virginia herein repealed, a
new title numbered 46.1 consisting of nine new chapters numbered 1 to 9.
inclusive, and new sections numbered 46.1-1 to 46.1-555, inclusive, which
new title, chapters and sections are as follows:

TITLE 46.1

MOTOR VEHICLES

. General Provisions, §§ 46.1-1 to 46.1-21

. Division of Motor Vehicles, §§ 46.1-22 to 46.1-40

. Registration and Licensing, §§ 46.1-41 to 46.1-167

Regulation of Traffic, §§ 46.1-168 to 46.1-347

Operators’ and Chauffeurs’ License Act, §§ 46.1-348 to 46.1-387
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act. §§ 46.1-388 to 46.1-514
Motor Vehicle Dealers, §§ 46.1-515 to 46.1-550

. Parking Facilities. §§ 46.1-551 to 46.1-552

. Open Air Theatres, §§ 46.1-553 to 46.1-555

MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS OF VIRGINIA

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PART I
MOTOR VEHICLE CODE

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 46.1-1. The following words and phrases when used in this title
shall, for the purpose of this title have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them in this section except in those instances where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Business district’.—The territory contiguous to a highway
where seventy-five per centum or more of the total frontage, on both sides
of the highway, for a distance of three hundred feet or more is occupied
by buildings actually in use and operation for business purposes.

(2) “Chauffeur”.—Every person employed for the principal purpose
of operating a motor vehicle and every person who drives a motor vehicle
while in use as a public or common carrier of persons or property.

(3) “Commission’”.—The State Corporation Commission.

(4) “Commissioner’.—The Commissioner of the Division of Motor
Vehicles of this State.
(5) “Division’.—The Division of Motor Vehicles of this State.

(6) “Essential parts’—All integral parts and body parts, the re-
moval, alteration or substitution of which will tend to conceal the identity
of a vehicle.

(7) “Farm tractor”.—Every motor vehicle designed and used prim-
arily as a farm, agricultural or horticultural implement for drawing plows,
mowing machines and other farm, agricultural or horticutural machinery
and implements.

(8) “Financial responsibility’.—Ability to respond in damages for
liability thereafter incurred arising out of the ownership, maintenance, use
or operation of a motor vehicle, in the amount of $10,000 because of bodily
injury to or death of any one person and, subject to such limit for one
person, in the amount of $20,000 because of bodily injury to or death of
two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $1,000
because of injury to or destruction of property in any one accident.

(9) “Foreign vehicle’.—Every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
which shall be brought into this State otherwise than in the ordinary course
of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not been
registered in this State.

(10) “Highway”.—The entire width between the boundary lines of
every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public for pur-
poses of vehicular travel in this State, including the streets, alleys and
publicly maintained parking lots in counties, cities and towns.

(10a) “Roadway”.—That portion of a highway improved, designed
or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder. A high-
way may include two or more roadways if divided by a physical barrier
or barriers or unpaved area.

(10b) ‘Traffic Lane’ or ‘“‘Lane”.—That portion of a roadway designed
or designated to accommodate the forward movement of a single line of
vehicles.

(10c) “Shoulder”.—That part of a highway between the portion
regularly travelled by vehicular traffic and the lateral curb line or ditch.

(11) “Intersection”.—(a) The area embraced within the prolongation
or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary
lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or
approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles travelling
upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.

(b) Where a highway includes two roadways (30) feet or more apart,
then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an inter-
secting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the
event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways (80) feet
or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways
shall be regarded as a separate intersection.

(12) “Manufacturer’.—Every person engaged in the business of
constructing or assembling motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers at
an established place of business in this State.

(12a) “Dealer”.—Every person engaged in the busines of buying,
selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers in this State
and who has an established place of business for such purpose in this
State at which place of business the books and records of such dealer
are kept and at which a substantial part of the business of such dealer is
conducted.

(13) “Metal tires”.—All tires the surface of which in contact with
pe Timtwey is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, nonresilient ma-

rial.
(14) “Motorcycle’.—Every motor vehicle designed to travel on not
more than three wheels in contact with the ground and any four-wheeled
vehicle weighing less than five hundred pounds and equipped with an engine
of less than six horsepower, except any such vehicle as may be included
within the term “farm tractor” as herein defined.

(15) “Motor vehicle’.—Every vehicle as herein defined which is self-
propelled or designed for self-propulsion except that the definition con-
Ls in § 46.1-889(d) shall apply for the purposes of Chapter 6 of this

itle.

(15a) “Antique motor vehicle’.—Every motor vehicle, as herein
defined, which is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a collec-
tor’s item, and is used for participation in club activities, exhibits, tours,
parades, and similar uses, but in no event used for general transportation,
may be classified by the Commissioner as an antique motor vehicle. .

(16) “Nonresident”.—Every person who is not domiciled in this
State, except:

(a) Any foreign corporation which is authorized to do business in
this State by the State Corporation Commission shall be deemed a resident
of this State for the purpose of this title; provided, however, that in the
case of corporations incorporated in this State but doing business without
the State, only such principal place of business or branches located within
this State shall be dealt with as residents of this State.

(b) A person who becomes engaged in a gainful occupation in this
State for a period exceeding sixty days, shall be deemed a resident for the
purposes of this title.

(c) A person who has actually resided in this State for a period of
six months, whether employed or not, or who has registered a motor vehicle,
listing an address within this State in the application for registration,
shall be deemed a resident for the purposes of this title.

(17) “Operator”.—Every person who drives or is in aetual physical
control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control
over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.

(18) “Owner”.—A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or,
in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale
or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the con-
ditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession
vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of
a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee
or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this title, ex-
cept that in all such instances when the rent paid by the lessee includes
charges for services of any nature or when the lease does not provide that
title shall pass to the lessee upon payment of the rent stipulated, the
lessor shall be regarded as the owner of such vehicle and the vehicle shall
be subject to such requirements of this title as are applicable to vehicles
operated for compensation; provided, however, that a “truck lessor” as
hereinafter defined shall be regarded as the owner, and his vehicles shall
be subject to such requirements of this title as are applicable to vehicles
of private carriers.

(19) “Peace” or “Police” officer.—Every officer authorized to direct
or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.

(20) “Person”.—Every natural person, firm, partnership, association
or corporation.

(21) “Pneumatic tires”.—All tires inflated with compressed air.

(22) “Private road or driveway”.—Every way in private ownership
and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or im-
plied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.

(28) “Reconstructed vehicle’.—Every vehicle of a type required to
be registered hereunder materially altered from its original construction
by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used.

(24) “Residence district”.—The territory contiguous to a highway
not comprising a business district where seventy-five per centum or more
of the total frontage, on both sides of the highway, for a distance of three
hundred feet or more is occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and build-
ings in use for business purposes.

(25) “Road tractor”.—Every motor vehicle designed and used for
drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon
independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.

(26) “Safety Zone”’.—The area or space officially set apart within a
roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is
so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all
times while set apart as a safety zone.

(27) “Semitrailer”.—Every vehicle of the trailer type so designed
and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own
weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

(28) “Solid rubber tires”.—Every tire made of rubber other than a
pneumatic tire.

(29) “Specially constructed vehicles’.—Any vehicle which shall not
have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model
or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles and not a recon-
structed vehicle as herein defined.

(30) “Superintendent’.—The Superintendent of the Department of
State Police of this State.

(31) ‘“‘Town”.—An incorporated town.

__ (32) “Tractor truck”.—Every motor vehicle designed and used prim-
arily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load
other than a part of the load and weight of the vehicle attached thereto.

(38) “Trailer”—Every vehicle without motive power designed for
carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle.

(84) “Vehicle’.—Every device in, upon or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except de-
a move by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks.

(85) “Operation or use for rent or for hire’, etc.—The terms opera-
tion or user for rent or for hire, for the transportation of passengers, or
as a property carrier for compensation, and the term business of transport-
ing persons or property, wherever used in this title, mean any owner or
operator of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer operating over the
highways of this State who accepts or receives compensation for the serv-
ice, directly or indirectly; but such terms shall not be construed to mean
a “truck lessor” as defined herein.

(36) “Truck lessor’.—A person who holds the legal title to any motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is the subject of a bona fide written
lease for a term of one year or more to another person, provided that :—

(a) Neither the lessor nor the lessee is a common carrier by motor
vehicle or restricted common carrier by motor vehicle or contract carrier
by motor vehicle as defined in § 56-278 of the Code; and

(b) The leased motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is used exclusively
for the transportation of property of the lessee; and

(c) The lessor is not employed in any capacity by the lessee; and

(d) The operator of the leased motor vehicle is a bona fide employee
of the lessee and is not employed in any capacity by the lessor; and

(e) A true copy of such lease, verified by affidavit of the lessor, is
filed with the Commissioner.
§ 46.1-2. (a) Whenever any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is
found on the paved or improved surface of any highway or adjacent
thereto, unaccompanied by the owner or operator thereof, and if such
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer constitutes a hazard in the use of
the highway by reason of its position thereon, or has been left unattended
longer than twenty-four hours outside of the corporate limits of any city
or town, any sheriff, police or other peace officer discovering or having
a report of same shall remove it or have it removed to the nearest storage
garage for safekeeping and that fact shall be immediately reported to the
Division or some officer or agent of the Division and to the owner of such
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as promptly as possible, and such
owner, before obtaining the possession of such motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer, shall pay to the parties entitled thereto all reasonable necessary
costs incidental to the removal or storage of such motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such costs or should
the identity or whereabouts of such owner be unknown and unascertain-
able after a diligent search has been made or after notice to such owner
at his address as indicated by the records of the Division and to the holder
of any lien of record in the office of the Division in Richmond, Virginia,
against such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the Commissioner may,
after thirty days and after having the value of such motor vehicle, trailer,
or semitrailer determined by three disinterested dealers or garagemen, dis-
pose of the same by public or private sale and the proceeds accruing from
such sale shall be forthwith paid by him into the State treasury and shall
be set aside as a special fund in the State treasury to be used to meet the
necessary additional expenses incurred by the Division in the performance
of the duties required by this provision and to reimburse the owner of such
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as hereafter provided.

(b) If after the sale or other disposition of such motor vehicle, trailer
or semitrailer the ownership thereof at the time of its removal is established
satisfactorily to the Commissioner by the person claiming such owner-
ship, he shall be paid by the Commissioner so much of the proceeds from
the sale or other disposition of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
as remains after paying the costs of removal, storage, investigation as to
ownership, appraisement and sale.

_ .§ 46.1-8. The governing body of any county, city or town is author-
ized to provide by ordinance that whenever any motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer is found on the public streets or public grounds unattended
by the owner or operator and constitutes a hazard to traffic or is parked in
such manner as to be in violation of law any such motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer may be removed for safekeeping by or under the direction of
a police officer to a storage garage or area. Each removal shall be reported
immediately to a central office to be designated in the ordinance, and notice
thereof given to the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as
promptly as possible. The owner, before obtaining possession of the motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, shall pay to the county, city or town all rea-
sonable costs incidental to the removal, storage and locating the owner
of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. Should the owner fail or refuse
to pay the costs or should the identity or whereabouts of the owner be
unknown and unascertainable after a diligent search has been made, and
after notice to the owner at his last known address and to the holder of any
lien of record in the office of the Division of Motor Vehicles in Virginia
against the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the officer designated by
the governing body of the county, city or town may, after holding the motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer ninety days and after due notice of sale dis-
pose of the same at public sale and the proceeds from the sale shall be for-
warded by the selling officer to the treasurer or similar officer of the county,
city or town. The treasurer or similar officer shall pay from the proceeds
of sale the cost of removal, storage, investigation as to ownership and
liens and notice of sale, and the balance of such funds shall be held by him
for the owner and paid to the owner upon satisfactory proof of ownership.

§ 46.1-4. The owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon
which the engine or serial number or other identification number has be-
come illegible or has been removed or obliterated shall immediately make
application to the Division for a new engine or serial number or other iden-
tification number for such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. The Divi-
sion, when satisfied that the applicant is the lawful owner or possessor of
the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer referred to in the application may
assign a new engine or serial number or other identification number thereto
and shall require that such number, together with the name of this State
or a symbol indicating this State and the date of such assignment, be
stamped upon the engine or, in the event such number is a serial number
or other identification number, then upon such portion of the motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer as shall be designated by the Division. Whenever a
new engine or serial number or other identification number has been
assigned to and stamped upon a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as
provided in this section, the Division shall insert such number upon the
registration card and certificate of title issued for such motor vehicle, trailer
or semitrailer.

§ 46.1-5. Any person who shall purchase, trade, exchange or barter
for a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in this State, knowing or having
reason to believe that the vendor thereof has not secured a certificate of
title, or knowing or having reason to believe that the vendor thereof does
not legally have in his or her possession a certificate of title therefor issued
to the owner thereof, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in § 46.1-16.

§ 46.1-6. Every county, city, town or other political subdivision of
the State, as well as the State authorities and law enforcement officers,
shall enforce the provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 of this title through
the agency of any peace or police officer, sheriff or deputy; provided, that
such officer shall be uniformed at the time of such enforcement or shall dis-
play his badge or other sign of authority, and provided further, that all
officers making arrests incident to the enforcement of this title shall be
paid fixed and determined salaries for their services and shall have no
interest in, nor be permitted by law to accept the benefit of, any fine or fee
resulting from the arrest or conviction of an offender against any provision
of this title.

§ 46.1-7. (a) Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
upon receiving a registration card issued by the Division shall write his
usual signature with pen and ink in the space provided for that purpose
and such registration card shall not be valid unless so signed.

(b) The operator or chauffeur of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-
trailer, while such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, is operated upon
the highways of this State shall have in his possession the registration card
issued by the Division or the registration card issued by the state or country
in which the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is registered and his oper-
ator’s or chauffeur’s license or temporary instruction or driver’s permit.

(c) The owner, operator or chauffeur of any motor vehicle, trailer,
or semitrailer shall stop upon the signal of any peace or police officer who
shall be in uniform or who shall show his badge or other sign of authority
and shall upon request exhibit his registration card, operator’s or chauf-
feur’s license or temporary instruction or driver’s permit and shall write
his name in the presence of such peace or police officer if so required for
the purpose of establishing his identity.
(d) Every person licensed by the Division as an operator and every
person licensed by the Division as a chauffeur or issued a temporary in-
struction or driver’s permit who fails to carry his license or permit and
the registration card for the vehicle which he operates shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than one
dollar nor more than ten dollars provided, however, if any person, when
summoned to appear before a court for failure to display his license, per-
mit, or the registration card, upon such demand being made of him, shall
present to the officer making such demand before the return date of the
summons a proper license or permit duly issued to him prior to the time
of such demand or a proper registration card, as the case may be, or shall
appear pursuant to such summons and produce before the court a proper
license or permit duly issued to him prior to the time of such demand or a
proper registration card, as the case may be, he shall be deemed to have
complied with the provisions of this section.

_ 8 46.1-8. Any peace officer who shall be in uniform or who shall ex-
hibit his badge or other sign of authority shall have the right to stop any
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, upon request or signal, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as to its equip-
ment and operation, its manufacturer’s serial or engine number or its
contents or load, if such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is a property
carrying vehicle or for the purpose of securing such other infomation as
may be necessary.

_§ 46.1-9. Any peace officer or Division officer or employee who shall
be in uniform or shall exhibit a badge or other sign of authority shall have
the right to inspect any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in any public
garage or repair shop, for the purpose of locating stolen motor vehicles,
trailers and semitrailers and for investigating the title and registration of
motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers. For such purpose the owner of
any such garage or repair shop shall permit any such peace officer or
Division officer or employee without let or hindrance to make investigation
as herein authorized.

_ , § 46.1-10. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which

is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been struck by

a bullet shall report to the nearest police station or to the State police,

within twenty-four hours after the motor vehicle is received, giving the

engine number, registration number, serial number or identification num-

rc and the name and address of the owner or operator of the vehicle if
own.

§ 46.1-11. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop or auto-
motive service, storage or parking place shall report to the nearest police
station or to the State police any motor vehicle left unclaimed in his place
of business for more than two weeks when he does not of his own knowl-
edge know the name of the owner and the reason for such storage.

46.1-12. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop shall
within twenty-four hours report to the State Superintendent of Police
any motor vehicle, other than an authorized police or fire department
vehicle, brought to his place of business upon which is discovered any radio
transmitter, any short wave radio receiver capable of receiving radio trans-
missions of a frequency greater than 1600 kilocycles, any bullet-proof
glass or any smoke screen device of any nature.

§ 46.1-18. All reports required by §§ 46.1-10 through 46.1-12 shall
be made in writing on appropriate forms furnished by the Superintendent.

§ 46.1-14. (a) Every person or persons engaged in the business of
renting motor vehicles without drivers who shall rent any such vehicle
without a driver, otherwise than as a part of a bona fide transaction in-
volving the sale of such motor vehicle, shall maintain a record of the
identity of the person to whom the vehicle is rented and the exact time
the vehicle is the subject of such rental or in possession of the person
renting and having the use of the vehicle. Every such record shall be &
public record and open to inspection by any person damaged as to his
person or property by the operation of the vehicle or by any member of
any traffic or police department in the discharge of his duty. Any person
who has been damaged as to his person or property may require a pro-
duction of such written record in person or by his duly authorized agent
or attorney.

(b) It shall be a misdemeanor for any such person who shall rent a
motor vehicle as herein provided to fail to make or have in possession or to
refuse an inspection of the record required in this section.

(c) The Commissioner shall prescribe a form for the keeping of the
record provided in this section and the owner shall use such form.

§ 46.1-15. Any person who shall knowingly make any false affidavit
or shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely to any matter or thing required
by the terms of Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this title or as to any information
required by the Commissioner, incidental to his administration of the
several provisions of such chapters, to be sworn to or affirmed shall be
guilty of perjury and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a
fine and imprisonment as other persons committing perjury are punishable.

§ 46.1-16. (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for
any person to violate any of the provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 of this
ie unless such violation is by any of such provisions declared to be a

elony.

(b) Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of any
of the provisions of such chapters for which no other penalty is provided
shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than
five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in
jail for not less than one nor more than ten days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment; for a conviction for a second such violation within
one year such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not
less than one nor more than twenty days, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment; for a conviction of a third or subsequent violation within one year
such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not less
then Een days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprison-
men

§ 46.1-17. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of
the provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 of this title declared to constitute
a felony shall, unless a different penalty is prescribed herein, be punished
by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year
nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars
nor more than five thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 46.1-18. All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon
a forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the
provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 of this title shall be paid into the State
treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund unless a different form of
payment is required specifically by this title.

§ 46.1-19. The Reciprocity Board, hereinafter called the Board, shall
consist of three ex-officio members, namely, the Commissioner of the Divi-
sion of Motor Vehicle, the State Highway Commissioner and one of the
members of the State Corporation Commission who shall be designated by
the State Corporation Commission. A majority of the members of the
Board shall constitute a quorum and the action of the majority of the
members in attendance at any meeting shall be the action of the Board.
Whenever a member of the Board is absent from a meeting of the Board,
he may designate one of his assistants or employees to attend on his behalf.
Any such assistant or employee shall be entitled to participate in the dis-
cussions and proceedings of the Board, but he shall not be entitled to vote.

§ 46.1-20. (a) The Governor may, with the advice of the Board,
enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of the Commonwealth with the
appropriate authorities of any state in the United States, or of the District
of Columbia, with respect to all taxes imposed by this State and by any
such other state on motor vehicles, or on the operation of motor vehicles,
or upon any transaction incident to the operation of motor vehicles, pro-
vided, however, that no reciprocal agreement or other similar arrangement
shall be entered into with respect to the road tax imposed by Article 12,
§ 58-627 et seq., Chapter 12, Title 58, either under this section or any
other section.

(b) Except as hereinabove provided, all agreements entered into
by the Governor with respect to any subject of reciprocity as to which
provision is expressly made by statute shall conform to the provisions of
such statute. As to any other subject of reciprocity appropriate to the
powers vested in the Governor by this section, the Governor may, with
the advice of the Board, agree to such terms and conditions as in his
judgment are best calculated to promote the interests of the Common-
wealth. Except as hereinabove provided, it is the policy of this Common-
wealth to grant reciprocity to the residents of another state when such
state grants reciprocity to the residents of this Commonwealth.

§ 46.1-21. The provisions of this title shall apply to any vehicle and
any person operating or owning a vehicle operated upon projects authori
by Acts of Assembly, 1950, Chapter 322 and Acts of Assembly, 1954,
Chapters 704 and 705 unless or until such provisions of this title may be
superseded or modified lawfully by the Turnpike Authority concerned
when acting pursuant to the powers conferred upon it by §§ 4 (h) and
16 of Acts of Assembly, 1950, Ch. 322 or § 33-255.49 (e) of Acts of
severly 1954, Ch. 704 or § 33-255.28 (e) of Acts of Assembly, 1954,