{"law_id":"766008","section_number":"46.2-1171","catch_line":"Penalties for violation of article","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 46-322; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-324; 1989, c. 727.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Moore v. Com.","case_number":"080199","citation":"668 S.E.2d 150","date":"2008-10-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1058427\/moore-v-com\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f.  misdemeanors, for a first offense, by Code \u00a7 46.2-1171. Guilty knowledge, however, is an essential .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"Eberth v. County of Prince William","case_number":"0406054","citation":"637 S.E.2d 338","date":"2006-12-05","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1063133\/eberth-v-county-of-prince-william\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor. See Code \u00a7 46.2-1171; see also Fisher v. Commonwealth, 42 .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-1171\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/46.2-1171\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1171","structure":{"1":{"id":"523","name":"Safety Inspections","identifier":"21","label":"article","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/21\/"},"2":{"id":"12","name":"Motor Vehicle And Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/"},"3":{"id":"11","name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","url":"\/46.2\/III\/"},"4":{"id":"10","name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","url":"\/46.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"766008","structure_id":"523","full_text":"Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for each subsequent offense except as otherwise provided in this article. If the violation of this article or regulations of the Superintendent made pursuant thereto is by an official inspection station in addition to or in lieu of such fine imposed by a court the Superintendent may, whether or not the violation is a first offense against this article or regulation of the Superintendent, suspend the appointment of the inspection station or, if in his opinion after a hearing, the facts warrant such action, the Superintendent may revoke the designation of such inspection station.","text":{"0":{"id":"2468561","text":"Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for each subsequent offense except as otherwise provided in this article. If the violation of this article or regulations of the Superintendent made pursuant thereto is by an official inspection station in addition to or in lieu of such fine imposed by a court the Superintendent may, whether or not the violation is a first offense against this article or regulation of the Superintendent, suspend the appointment of the inspection station or, if in his opinion after a hearing, the facts warrant such action, the Superintendent may revoke the designation of such inspection station.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"523","name":"Safety Inspections","identifier":"21","label":"article","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/21\/"},"2":{"id":"12","name":"Motor Vehicle And Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/"},"3":{"id":"11","name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","url":"\/46.2\/III\/"},"4":{"id":"10","name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","url":"\/46.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"776456","structure_id":"523","section_number":"46.2-1157","catch_line":"Inspection of motor vehicles required","url":"\/46.2-1157\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1157"},"1":{"id":"793811","structure_id":"523","section_number":"46.2-1158","catch_line":"Frequency of inspection; 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If the violation of this\narticle or regulations of the Superintendent made pursuant thereto is by an\nofficial inspection station in addition to or in lieu of such fine imposed by a\ncourt the Superintendent may, whether or not the violation is a first offense\nagainst this article or regulation of the Superintendent, suspend the\nappointment of the inspection station or, if in his opinion after a hearing, the\nfacts warrant such action, the Superintendent may revoke the designation of such\ninspection station.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-322; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-324; 1989, c. 727."}