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The operator of a motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in the Commonwealth shall not operate a television receiver that violates the provisions of this section while driving in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include:\n\n1\n\nElectronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system;\n\n2\n\nClosed circuit video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks, motor homes, and other motor vehicles;\n\n3\n\nTelevision receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by law-enforcement officers and employees of the Department of Transportation in the course of their official duties;\n\n4\n\nVisual displays used to enhance or supplement the driver’s view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle;\n\n5\n\nA vehicle information display;\n\n6\n\nA visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver’s view of vehicle occupants;\n\n7\n\nTelevision-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information; or\n\n8\n\nA television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment is factory-installed and has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle operator is performing one or more of the driving tasks, disables the equipment so that such moving images are not visible to the motor vehicle operator except as a visual display described in subdivisions 1 through 7. For the purposes of this subdivision, “driving task” means all of the real-time functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the selection of destinations and waypoints, and including steering, turning, lane keeping and lane changing, accelerating, and decelerating.\n\nB\n\nExcept for displays explicitly authorized in subsection A, no driver of any motor vehicle shall view any motion picture or similar video display while driving.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358664,"text":"No motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with, nor shall there be used therein, a television receiver when the moving images are visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. The operator of a motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in the Commonwealth shall not operate a television receiver that violates the provisions of this section while driving in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":1358665,"text":"Electronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":1358666,"text":"Closed circuit video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks, motor homes, and other motor vehicles;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":1358667,"text":"Television receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by law-enforcement officers and employees of the Department of Transportation in the course of their official duties;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":1358668,"text":"Visual displays used to enhance or supplement the driver’s view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":1358669,"text":"A vehicle information display;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":1358670,"text":"A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver’s view of vehicle occupants;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"A7"},"7":{"id":1358671,"text":"Television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"A7","prefix_anchor":"A7","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"A8"},"8":{"id":1358672,"text":"A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment is factory-installed and has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle operator is performing one or more of the driving tasks, disables the equipment so that such moving images are not visible to the motor vehicle operator except as a visual display described in subdivisions 1 through 7. For the purposes of this subdivision, “driving task” means all of the real-time functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the selection of destinations and waypoints, and including steering, turning, lane keeping and lane changing, accelerating, and decelerating.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"A8","prefix_anchor":"A8","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A7","next_prefix":"B"},"9":{"id":1358673,"text":"Except for displays explicitly authorized in subsection A, no driver of any motor vehicle shall view any motion picture or similar video display while driving.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A8"}},"ancestry":[{"id":52062,"edition_id":2,"name":"Miscellaneous Equipment","identifier":"10","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":10,"parent_id":52052,"metadata":{"child_laws":28,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:39","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:12","permalink":{"id":1455629,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52062,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52052,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":2,"parent_id":52051,"metadata":{"child_laws":265,"child_structures":23},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:11","permalink":{"id":1455601,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52052,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52051,"edition_id":2,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":52048,"metadata":{"child_laws":589,"child_structures":55},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:07","permalink":{"id":1455599,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52051,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52048,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":101,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1830,"child_structures":157},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:02","permalink":{"id":1452291,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52048,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":364671,"structure_id":52062,"section_number":"46.2-1072","catch_line":"Operation of vehicle without serial or identification number; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1994, chapter 117<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 210<\/a> and 913<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 110<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 275<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 302<\/a> and 707<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1455659,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364679,"identifier":"46.2-1077","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1077","url":"\/46.2-1077\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1077\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/10\/46.2-1077","dublin_core":{"Title":"Motor vehicles not to be equipped with television within view of driver; viewing motion pictures or similar displays while driving","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1077","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No motor vehicle<\/span> registered in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with, nor shall there be used therein, a television receiver when the moving images are visible to the driver<\/span> while the vehicle is in motion<\/span>. The operator<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> that is not required to be registered in the Commonwealth shall not operate a television receiver that violates the provisions of this section while driving in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Electronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Closed circuit<\/span> video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks<\/span>, motor homes<\/span>, and other motor vehicles<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Television receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> and employees of the Department<\/span> of Transportation in the course of their official duties; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Visual displays used to enhance or supplement the driver<\/span>’s view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle<\/span> for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A vehicle information display; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver<\/span>’s view of vehicle occupants; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment is factory-installed and has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle<\/span> operator<\/span> is performing one or more of the driving tasks<\/span>, disables the equipment so that such moving images are not visible to the motor vehicle<\/span> operator<\/span> except as a visual display described in subdivisions 1 through 7. For the purposes of this subdivision, “driving task<\/span>” means all of the real-time functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the selection of destinations and waypoints, and including steering, turning, lane<\/span> keeping and lane<\/span> changing, accelerating, and decelerating. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except for displays explicitly authorized in subsection A, no driver<\/span> of any motor vehicle<\/span> shall view any motion<\/span> picture or similar video display while driving. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMOTOR VEHICLES NOT TO BE EQUIPPED WITH TELEVISION WITHIN VIEW OF DRIVER; VIEWING\nMOTION PICTURES OR SIMILAR DISPLAYS WHILE DRIVING (\u00a7 46.2-1077)\n\nA. No motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with, nor\nshall there be used therein, a television receiver when the moving images are\nvisible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. The operator of a motor\nvehicle that is not required to be registered in the Commonwealth shall not\noperate a television receiver that violates the provisions of this section while\ndriving in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include:\n\n 1. Electronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping\n systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system;\n\n 2. Closed circuit video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with\n dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks, motor homes,\n and other motor vehicles;\n\n 3. Television receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by\n law-enforcement officers and employees of the Department of Transportation in\n the course of their official duties;\n\n 4. Visual displays used to enhance or supplement the driver’s view\n forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of\n maneuvering the vehicle;\n\n 5. A vehicle information display;\n\n 6. A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver’s view of\n vehicle occupants;\n\n 7. Television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic\n engineering information; or\n\n 8. A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any\n other similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment\n is factory-installed and has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle\n operator is performing one or more of the driving tasks, disables the\n equipment so that such moving images are not visible to the motor vehicle\n operator except as a visual display described in subdivisions 1 through 7. For\n the purposes of this subdivision, “driving task” means all of the\n real-time functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic,\n excluding the selection of destinations and waypoints, and including steering,\n turning, lane keeping and lane changing, accelerating, and decelerating.\n\nB. Except for displays explicitly authorized in subsection A, no driver of any\nmotor vehicle shall view any motion picture or similar video display while\ndriving.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-219.1; 1950, p. 882; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-202; 1989,\nc. 727; 1994, c. 117; 2005, cc. 210, 913; 2007, c. 110; 2011, c. 275; 2016, cc.\n302, 707.","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"}}