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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 84<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357175,"identifier":"29.1-749.1","token":"29.1\/7\/4\/29.1-749.1","url":"\/29.1-749.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-749.1\/","token":"29.1\/7\/4\/29.1-749.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Identification of personal watercraft rentals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-749.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every business located in a city with a population greater than 390,000 that provides personal watercraft<\/span> for rent shall place the letter “R,” at least eleven inches in height and eight and one-half inches in width, on both sides of each personal watercraft<\/span> rental, in either red or black, whichever color represents the clearest contrast from the basic color of the rental unit.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIDENTIFICATION OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT RENTALS (\u00a7 29.1-749.1)\n\nEvery business located in a city with a population greater than 390,000 that\nprovides personal watercraft for rent shall place the letter “R,” at\nleast eleven inches in height and eight and one-half inches in width, on both\nsides of each personal watercraft rental, in either red or black, whichever\ncolor represents the clearest contrast from the basic color of the rental unit.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 84.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}