46.2-1150 - Towing certain unlicensed or uninspected vehicles. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1150. Towing certain unlicensed or uninspected vehicles.

Nothing in this title shall prohibit towing an unlicensed motor vehicle ormotor vehicle which has not been inspected pursuant to Article 21 (§46.2-1157 et seq.) or 22 (§ 46.2-1176 et seq.) of Chapter 10 of this title.

Nothing in this title shall prohibit the towing of an unlicensed trailer orsemitrailer used on a construction site as an office or for storage or atrailer or semitrailer which has been used on a construction site as anoffice or for storage, but which has not been inspected pursuant to Article21 of Chapter 10 of this title, provided that any such unlicensed oruninspected trailer or semitrailer (i) is towed by a tow truck or othervehicle designed and equipped for the towing of inoperable or disabledvehicles; (ii) is operated only in intrastate commerce; (iii) has an actualgross weight, including contents, of no more than 15,000 pounds; (iv) issecured to the towing vehicle by means of safety chains; and (v) is equippedwith rear-mounted bar lights which function as tail lights, brake lights, andturn signals as provided in Article 3 (§ 46.2-1010 et seq.) of Chapter 10 ofthis title. However, nothing in this section shall authorize the towing ordrawing of an unlicensed or uninspected trailer or semitrailer by means of atractor truck except for the purpose of having such trailer or semitrailerinspected as provided in § 46.2-1157.

(Code 1950, § 46-333.1; 1956, c. 47; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-338; 1989, c. 727;1991, c. 106; 2006, cc. 874, 891.)