46.2-1075.1 - Tampering with gross vehicle weight ratings; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1075.1. Tampering with gross vehicle weight ratings; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to remove, alter, deface, ortamper with any number, plate, bracket, sticker, decal, indication, or otherdevice indicating the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of anyvehicle which (i) has a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000pounds or less and (ii) has been modified by alteration of its height fromthe ground. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(1991, c. 193.)