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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364666,"identifier":"46.2-1069","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/9\/46.2-1069","url":"\/46.2-1069\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1069\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/9\/46.2-1069","dublin_core":{"Title":"Brakes on motorcycles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1069","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span> manufactured after July 1, 1974, and driven on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with either a split-service brake system or two independently actuated brake systems which shall act on the front as well as the rear wheel or wheels.<\/p><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to drive on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth a <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span> which was originally equipped with a brake system on both the front or rear wheel or wheels if the brake system has been altered by removing or disconnecting any of the brake-system components from any of the wheels.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBRAKES ON MOTORCYCLES (\u00a7 46.2-1069)\n\nEvery motorcycle manufactured after July 1, 1974, and driven on a highway in the\nCommonwealth shall be equipped with either a split-service brake system or two\nindependently actuated brake systems which shall act on the front as well as the\nrear wheel or wheels.\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to drive on a highway in the Commonwealth a\nmotorcycle which was originally equipped with a brake system on both the front\nor rear wheel or wheels if the brake system has been altered by removing or\ndisconnecting any of the brake-system components from any of the wheels.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 219, \u00a7 46.1-279.1; 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"}}