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Farm machinery having protuberances which will not injure the highway and tire chains of reasonable proportions may, however, be sold. It shall also be permissible to sell studded tires whose use is permitted under the provisions of this article. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358537,"text":"No person shall sell to any resident of the Commonwealth a tire which shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. Farm machinery having protuberances which will not injure the highway and tire chains of reasonable proportions may, however, be sold. It shall also be permissible to sell studded tires whose use is permitted under the provisions of this article. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 592 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. Unfortunately, the 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 1; in 1970, chapter 263; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364637,"identifier":"46.2-1045","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1045","url":"\/46.2-1045\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1045\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1045","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of tires having cleats, etc., prohibited; studded tires excepted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1045","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall sell to any resident of the Commonwealth a tire which shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other protuberance of any <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. Farm machinery having protuberances which will not injure the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> and tire chains of reasonable proportions may, however, be sold. It shall also be permissible to sell studded tires whose use is permitted under the provisions of this article. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF TIRES HAVING CLEATS, ETC., PROHIBITED; STUDDED TIRES EXCEPTED (\u00a7\n46.2-1045)\n\nNo person shall sell to any resident of the Commonwealth a tire which shall have\non its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other\nprotuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread\nof the traction surface of the tire. Farm machinery having protuberances which\nwill not injure the highway and tire chains of reasonable proportions may,\nhowever, be sold. It shall also be permissible to sell studded tires whose use\nis permitted under the provisions of this article. Violation of this section\nshall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 592, \u00a7 46.1-296.1; 1968, c. 1; 1970, c. 263; 1989, c. 727.","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"}}