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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/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. 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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0881\">881<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0889\">889<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":366189,"section_number":"46.2-755","catch_line":"Limitations on imposition of motor vehicle license taxes and fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-755\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365404,"identifier":"46.2-2150","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2150","url":"\/46.2-2150\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2150\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2150","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required certificates of fitness","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2150","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">household goods carrier<\/span>, unless otherwise exempted, shall engage in <span class=\"dictionary\">intrastate<\/span> operations on any <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> within the Commonwealth without first having obtained from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of fitness<\/span> authorizing such operation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS (\u00a7 46.2-2150)\n\nNo household goods carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall engage in\nintrastate operations on any highway within the Commonwealth without first\nhaving obtained from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such\noperation.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.","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"}}