Charlottesville, VA

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-144(a)(5)-(6) bars parking a boat, or a recreational vehicle or trailer longer than twenty feet, on any public street between…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-271 defines an abandoned motor vehicle as one left inoperable or illegally on public property for more than forty-eight hours…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-144 bans parking specific heavy or oversized vehicles, including semi-trucks, buses over twelve passengers, boats, and RVs over…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code §§ 15-201 through 15-211 create residential permit parking zones where on-street parking is restricted, by default 6:00 a.m. to 5:00…

Semi-trucks, large buses, boats and oversized RVs cannot sit on any Charlottesville public street between midnight and 6 a.m. City Code § 15-144(a) lists the banned vehicle types by…

Charlottesville bars parking in front of driveways, near fire hydrants and intersections, and facing the wrong way against traffic. City Code § 15-129 sets the driveway and hydrant…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Development Code controls where on-site parking can sit between a building and the street. Sec. 2.10.8 lets each zoning district decide…

Parking next to a curb painted yellow is flatly unlawful in Charlottesville. City Code § 15-135 states the rule in one sentence, and § 15-136(b) repeats the same yellow-curb ban in the…

Any Charlottesville parking lot with 6 or more spaces must wire 20% of them for electric vehicle charging under Development Code Sec. 4.5.4.C.3, and any charging equipment that gets…

Charlottesville does not force every commercial site to build a loading area, but when a lot has one, Development Code Sec. 4.5.6.C.2 keeps loading and unloading out of the public…

Virginia puts the ceiling on a nonconsensual tow in the Code itself rather than in an agency tariff. Va. Code § 46.2-1233.1 A caps the hookup and initial towing fee for a passenger car…

Every dwelling unit, hotel, motel and rooming house in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia must have working smoke detectors. Landlords must certify them at the start of each tenancy…

The City of Charlottesville, Virginia bans possessing, storing, using, discharging, manufacturing, selling, handling or transporting fireworks anywhere in the city, with the only way…

Charlottesville, Virginia allows open fires in approved outdoor fireplaces with screened burn chambers and spark-arrestor chimneys, and it allows recreational or ceremonial fires only…

Charlottesville, Virginia bans open burning outside any building, including burning demolition debris, garbage, brush, grass and leaves. The fire chief may still light or authorize a…

Virginia adopts the Statewide Fire Prevention Code applying uniform NFPA 58 propane storage and handling standards across all jurisdictions, regulating tank placement, capacity, and…

Virginia lets the Governor, on the State Forester's recommendation, ban all open burning when serious fire hazards exist, and makes anyone whose negligence causes a wildfire liable to…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, owners of developed lots cannot let weeds, grass, brush or other vegetation grow to eighteen inches or taller. City Code § 5-149 makes any…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, once City Council declares a drought warning stage, outdoor watering of lawns, shrubs and gardens drawn from the public water supply is…

Any tree with an 8-inch or greater trunk diameter needs a Tree Removal Permit before it comes down in Charlottesville, under the Development Code's tree preservation standards, unless…

Virginia encourages rainwater harvesting and graywater reuse: outdoor rain-barrel collection is essentially unregulated, while the Board of Health sets standards for reuse systems and…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, no fence, wall or barrier enclosing a lot may include barbed ends, barbed wire, razor wire or similar material anywhere in the city, with one…

A retaining wall in Charlottesville tops out at 8 feet, but builders can stagger two shorter walls instead, each capped at 6 feet with at least 3 feet between them, under the…

Charlottesville regulates every fence and wall on city lots under the Development Code, not by a simple front/side/rear number. Barbed and concertina wire are banned outright, and no…

Under Code of Virginia § 55.1-2821, adjoining landowners must build and maintain division fences between their lands at joint and equal expense, unless one leaves his land open or the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, dogs cannot run at large anywhere in the city at any time under § 4-38, even if licensed and vaccinated. Section 4-40 additionally requires a…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, hogs, sheep and full-size goats cannot be kept anywhere in the city except for immediate shipment or slaughter. Miniature goats are allowed in…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, the entire city is legally designated a bird sanctuary under City Code § 4-16. It's unlawful to trap, hunt or shoot any bird or wild fowl…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 4-43 bars finding any canine 'dangerous' or 'vicious' based on breed alone; a dog is only declared dangerous or vicious after a…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a veterinary clinic or boarding kennel with outdoor facilities is classified under the Development Code as an 'Animal Care, Outdoor' personal…

Running a pet-grooming business from a Charlottesville home is allowed only as a home occupation accessory use. Every animal must stay inside during grooming, and none may be boarded…

Virginia regulates beekeeping at the state level via Title 3.2 Chapter 44, including voluntary registration and Right-to-Farm protection on agricultural land.

Virginia regulates importation, possession, and sale of nonnative exotic animals through state wildlife regulations administered by the Department of Wildlife Resources.

Virginia Code Section 3.2-6503 requires every owner to provide adequate care for companion animals, with criminal penalties for neglect that often underpin hoarding cases.

Virginia prohibits baiting wildlife for hunting and lets localities ban deer feeding, while bear feeding bans are addressed through hunting and Department regulations.

Charlottesville caps every homestay at 6 adult overnight guests per lot per day, a numeric limit set specifically for short-term rentals rather than the smaller customer cap that…

Operating a short-term rental (called a Homestay) in Charlottesville requires an Accessory Use Permit. Applicants must prove they own and permanently live at the property and must…

Charlottesville's Homestay rule lets an owner-occupant hire out lodging in the whole dwelling or in just a portion of it, such as a single room, under the same Accessory Use Permit…

Charlottesville can revoke a homestay's Accessory Use Permit once the city gets 3 or more substantiated complaints in a calendar year, or for any other noncompliance, and a revoked…

A Charlottesville homestay is only legal if the owner actually lives there: the Accessory Use Permit requires the owner to occupy the dwelling as a permanent residence for at least 185…

Virginia imposes a state sales tax and authorizes local transient occupancy taxes on short-term rentals, with platform collection responsibilities and accommodations intermediary rules…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 4-39 makes it unlawful to harbor a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking or howling disturbs the peace of a person or…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, construction, repair, remodeling, demolition and grading noise is exempt from the citywide 65 dB(A) daytime sound cap, so contractors can run…

The City of Charlottesville caps noise in residential zones at 55 dB(A) overnight and 65 dB(A) during the day. City Code Section 16-8 measures both limits at or outside the property…

Charlottesville caps motor vehicle exhaust and engine noise by class and speed, and separately bars loud car stereos. City Code Section 16-9(a) sets a sliding dB(A) table by vehicle…

Restaurants and music halls in Charlottesville cannot run amplified sound above 75 dB(A) at a residential property line between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. City Code Section 16-11…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a shed or other accessory building must meet the same dimensional standards as the zoning district it sits in and cannot go up before the…

Virginia regulates tiny homes through the Uniform Statewide Building Code and IRC Appendix Q, preempting local construction standards while leaving placement and zoning to localities.

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a home-based child care program for up to 12 children counts as a Family Day Home accessory use under the Development Code, separate from the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a home-based business qualifies as a Home Occupation only when it stays clearly subordinate to the house's residential use. The Development…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a home occupation cannot have more than three customers or clients on-site at once, and visits are confined to daytime and evening hours. The…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a home occupation may post exactly one exterior sign, capped at 2 square feet and never illuminated. Any other visible sign of business…

Virginia lets a resident make and sell a specific list of shelf-stable foods out of a private home with no Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services permit, no…

Virginia does not issue a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it cannot: the Board of Health food regulation at 12VAC5-421-2990 says a private home shall not be used for…

The Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code requires a 48-inch barrier around residential swimming pools and spas, preempting local pool fencing rules statewide.

Charlottesville, Virginia requires an erosion and sediment control plan for any covered development before construction, and it counts every lot in a residential subdivision toward the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, no one may start a land-disturbing activity until Neighborhood Development Services has issued a stormwater permit under the city's Erosion…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-152 caps bus engine idling at fifteen minutes while a bus is parked, left unattended, or stopped for a reason other than…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, new construction and substantial improvements inside a mapped special flood hazard area must have the lowest floor, including any basement…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, land identified as a special flood hazard area (SFHA) on FEMA's flood insurance rate map falls under the Flood Hazard Protection District…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, marinas, boat rentals, docks, piers and wharves located within a designated floodway cannot go in by right. They need a special exception from…

The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act mandates 100-foot vegetated buffers along tidal waters and tributaries in 84 covered Tidewater localities, with state-set criteria local ordinances…

Movie filming in Charlottesville counts as a 'special event' under City Code § 18-36, so anyone filming on city-owned public property needs a permit under § 18-37 before shooting…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, anyone planning a special event, race, festival, or reserved gathering on city property, including parks, must get a permit under City Code §…

No parade or procession may use Charlottesville's streets or rights-of-way without a permit from the city manager under City Code § 28-29. The city manager also requires permits for…

Operating an outdoor café on a Charlottesville sidewalk or the Downtown Pedestrian Mall requires a zoning-administrator permit under City Code § 28-211. Only a licensed restaurant may…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, no one may start USBC-regulated construction, electrical, mechanical or plumbing work without a permit from the city's building official at…

Charlottesville, Virginia requires fire suppression systems in every building 50 feet or more in height that received a building permit after October 20, 1986, layered on top of the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 5-56 requires anyone doing work covered by the Uniform Statewide Building Code to apply for a building permit from the city's…

Every licensed Charlottesville homestay must have working carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers accessible to guests at all times, in addition to full…

Charlottesville, Virginia exempts cooking fires from its open-burning ban as long as the fire is contained in an approved grill or barbecue used to prepare food, but the fire chief can…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a property owner who wants a sidewalk laid or rebuilt in front of their lot must apply in writing to the director of public works and pay for…

City Code § 28-12 bars placing anything in a Charlottesville street or sidewalk, or the air space above it, that hinders foot or vehicle traffic. Merchants may briefly use the…

Private, non-public use of a Charlottesville street, sidewalk or on-street parking space, from a dumpster to a construction staging area, needs a temporary-use permit from the city…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a landlord renting five or more dwelling units in one building must install a peephole and dead-bolt lock, sliding-door locks and window…

The Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets uniform eviction grounds and notice periods statewide, preempting local just-cause ordinances under Dillon's Rule.

Under Va. Code § 55.1-1229, a landlord must give the tenant notice of intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times, except in an emergency. For routine maintenance the tenant…

Va. Code § 55.1-1204 lets a landlord charge a late fee only if the written lease provides for it, capped at the lesser of 10 percent of the periodic rent or 10 percent of the remaining…

Under Va. Code § 55.1-1253, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before the next rent due date, and a week-to-week tenancy with at least…

Virginia limits municipal rental inspection programs to designated blighted districts and requires specific procedural standards, preempting blanket rental registration ordinances.

Under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, a landlord may not demand a security deposit exceeding two months' rent. After the tenancy ends, the landlord must return the…

Under Va. Code § 8.01-236, a person must take action to recover land within 15 years after the right accrues, so an occupant claiming title by adverse possession must hold the property…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, an unimproved or vacant lot is not exempt from the weed ordinance wherever it sits within 150 feet of a building, street, sidewalk or public…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, any building, wall or structure so damaged, deteriorated or dangerous that it fails the Uniform Statewide Building Code is declared a public…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-246 bans riding a skateboard, scooter, rollerskates or rollerblades on the Downtown Pedestrian Mall on Main Street between the…

Charlottesville makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, walkway, right-of-way or similar public ground. City Code § 17-13…

Charlottesville's solicitation ordinance does not ban panhandling outright, but City Code § 28-31 makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor to solicit money in an aggressive manner, on a bus…

Open alcohol containers are illegal in every Charlottesville city park, playground and public street, including the Downtown Mall, under City Code § 17-37. The class 4 misdemeanor…

Charlottesville's smoking ordinance, Chapter 24 of the City Code, only reaches enclosed public places: elevators, health care facilities, public meetings, theaters, city buildings…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code §§ 15-420 through 15-427 require any operator who tows or immobilizes a vehicle from private property without the owner's consent to…

Charlottesville licenses secondhand and junk dealers as retail merchants under the city's BPOL ordinance. City Code § 14-17(b) places junk dealers in Subclassification A alongside…

Pawnbrokers in Charlottesville are licensed under City Code § 14-19(i), Subclassification H of the Class IV BPOL tax, alongside auctioneers, detective agencies and billboard rentals…

Massage businesses in Charlottesville are licensed as Class IV services under City Code § 14-19(e), grouped with barbers, health clubs and dry cleaners. The Commissioner of the Revenue…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, motor vehicle repair is one of the uses the Development Code specifically bars from ever qualifying as a home occupation. Light auto detailing…

Virginia requires retail tobacco and liquid nicotine sellers to comply with state licensing under Code 58.1-1021.04:1 and prohibits sales to anyone under 21 per Code 18.2-371.2.

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, City Code § 15-243 requires cyclists, e-bike riders, and motorized scooter or skateboard users to ride as close as practicable to the right…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, no company may deploy shared electric scooters, e-bikes or motorized skateboards on the public right-of-way without a permit from the city…

Virginia runs two separate schemes. A golf cart or utility vehicle is barred from every public highway in the Commonwealth unless the county, city, or town has designated that road by…

Charlottesville bars anyone under 17 from public streets, parks, vehicles and businesses between 12:01 a.m. and 5 a.m. on weeknights and 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on weekends. City Code § 17-7…

Charlottesville closes most city parks between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., but the exact hours shift by park: McIntire, Pen, Tonsler, Washington and the Pavilion close at 10 p.m., while Jackson…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, once the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority certifies a drought emergency stage, any customer notified by the city of a water leak on their…

Charlottesville protects trees one at a time: City Council must individually designate a heritage, memorial, specimen or street tree by ordinance before Chapter 18's protections apply…

New and rebuilt Charlottesville streets must carry a greenscape zone planted with large shade trees roughly every 30 feet, or smaller trees every 15 feet under overhead utility lines…

Charlottesville allows rooftop and facade solar panels as an accessory use on any building, but installations must meet state building and fire codes, follow height caps that are…

Virginia's solar covenant statute is a default rule, not a covenant-voiding right. Va. Code § 55.1-1820.1 B says no association shall prohibit an owner from installing a solar energy…

Anyone who goes door to door selling goods in Charlottesville is a 'peddler' under City Code § 14-17(d) and must hold a current city business license before knocking on a single door…

Virginia enforces the federal Do Not Call Registry and the state Telephone Privacy Protection Act, prohibiting most unsolicited telephone solicitations to registered numbers and…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, anyone renting a hotel room, motel room, bed-and-breakfast unit, or short-term rental to a transient staying fewer than 30 consecutive days…

Charlottesville outlaws dumping trash, litter or even a dead pet on public property or on someone else's land without written consent. City Code § 26-1 covers streets, rights-of-way…

Charlottesville's curbside collection rules in City Code § 26-27 spell out what a legal trash container looks like: a closed, nonleaking bin of no more than 96 gallons made of metal or…

Charlottesville collects yard waste like brush and trimmings in stickered containers, but loose leaves follow a seasonal switch: bagged leaves are banned from November through January…

The City of Charlottesville provides citywide curbside collection of trash and recyclables to every qualifying property, with the collection schedule set by the Director of Public…

Where and when a Charlottesville household can set out trash depends on the zone: Downtown-area carts can never sit on a street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while Uptown and other customers…

Charlottesville runs a voluntary curbside recycling program under City Code § 26-46: any curbside customer can collect glass containers, aluminum cans, paper and cardboard, #1 and #2…

Once a Charlottesville resident sets recyclable materials out at the curb, title to them passes to the city, and City Code §§ 26-48 and 26-49 make it unlawful for anyone else to take…

The City of Charlottesville's Public Works department collects bulky items too large for a 32-gallon can under a scheduled curbside program. Customers must call, use the online form…

Car and security alarms are carved out of Charlottesville's vehicle amplified-sound rule. City Code Section 16-9(c), which otherwise bars a loud vehicle radio or stereo, expressly…

Delivery trucks, buses and other public and private transportation, plus refuse and sanitation trucks, are exempt from Charlottesville's daytime residential noise cap. City Code…

Bars, lounges and taverns count as 'restaurants' under Charlottesville's noise code, so they fall under the same amplified-sound cap as any other food-and-drink venue. City Code…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks for every lot under Sec. 2.10.5, keeping buildings a required distance from the primary…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Development Code caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings and structures. Development Code Sec. 2.10.4 sets a…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, residential building height is capped district by district under the Development Code. Sec. 2.2.1 sets base maximums of 35 feet in RN-A, 35 or…

Mobile food and ice-cream vendors selling from a vehicle into a Charlottesville street or curb are governed by City Code Article V, §§ 28-151 through 28-162. Trucks can't sell where…

Operating a food truck on private property in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia requires a temporary use permit under the Development Code before a single sale is made. The Zoning…

Selling food from a vehicle in a Charlottesville street right-of-way is governed by the City Code's vending-vehicle article, which bars sales in residential zones during evening and…

Charlottesville's Development Code rewards owners who keep and rehab an existing building in the R-A, RN-A, R-B or R-C residential districts with a density bonus: meeting the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Downtown Mall sits inside the Downtown Architectural Design Control (ADC) District, one of eight ADC districts City Council has…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, landmarks and buildings of special historic, cultural or architectural value that sit outside the City's design-control districts can be named…

Charlottesville taxes businesses under a graduated Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL) scheme run by the Commissioner of the Revenue. City Code § 14-15 sets the…

In the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, a data center is a distinct industrial use under the Development Code and may only operate in a Corridor Mixed Use, Node Mixed Use or Downtown…

Charlottesville limits outdoor lighting to 0.5 footcandles at the property line so it does not spill onto neighboring land, sidewalks or rights-of-way, under the Development Code's…

Charlottesville requires fully-shielded light fixtures citywide except for very low-output lamps, and bans searchlights, lasers and sky-facing beams outright, under the Development…

Window signs in Charlottesville are limited to ground-floor windows, and temporary and permanent signs combined can never cover more than half of any window panel, under the…

Charlottesville caps every digital, on-premise or off-premise sign at 100 nits of luminance between sunset and sunrise, under the Development Code's outdoor lighting standards…

Virginia law prohibits all signs, including garage sale and yard sale notices, placed within the limits of any state highway right-of-way, with a $100 civil penalty per occurrence.

Virginia state law creates a 40-foot prohibited area around polling place entrances on election day where political signs and electioneering are forbidden statewide.

Virginia bars anyone from operating a medical cannabis dispensing facility or pharmaceutical processor without a permit from the Cannabis Control Authority Board. Permits are capped by…

Virginia law allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to four marijuana plants per household for personal use, with statewide rules localities cannot prohibit but may regulate via…

Commercial drone operators in Virginia follow FAA Part 107 rules and are shielded from most local regulation under state preemption, with limited exceptions for locality-owned property…

Virginia preempts most local drone regulation, reserving aircraft operation rules to the state and FAA, while criminalizing surveillance overflights and trespass-style use against…

Virginia's minimum wage under Code § 40.1-28.10 is $12.77 per hour in 2026, rising to $13.75 on January 1, 2027 and $15.00 on January 1, 2028. The state rate preempts localities from…

Virginia Code 40.1-33.3 et seq. requires paid sick leave only for certain home health workers; no general statewide paid leave mandate exists, and broad local paid leave ordinances…

Virginia issues concealed handgun permits under Code 18.2-308.01 through 18.2-308.014, with shall-issue standards administered by circuit courts; localities cannot impose additional…

Virginia preempts most local firearm regulation under Code 15.2-915, but a 2020 amendment lets localities restrict firearms in specific public buildings, parks, recreation centers, and…

Virginia generally permits open carry of firearms by adults without a permit, though Code 18.2-287.4 restricts certain loaded high-capacity weapons in named public areas of larger…

Virginia Code 18.2-308 lets adults transport firearms in personal vehicles, with concealed handguns in a closed compartment lawful without a permit; localities are preempted by Code…

Virginia confines casino gaming to a short list of statutorily defined 'eligible host cities' that meet strict poverty, unemployment, or tax-exempt-property thresholds under Va. Code §…

Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services controls all charitable gaming under Code § 18.2-340.15, treating it as a revocable privilege rather than a right. A…

Virginia's general gambling ban does not reach a private game of chance held in someone's home. Code § 18.2-334 exempts games of chance in a private residence from prosecution under…

Virginia legalized online sports betting in 2020 under Code § 58.1-4032, but caps competition: the Virginia Lottery's Director issues no fewer than four and no more than 12 permits…

Under the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act, § 55.1-1833, an association may perfect a lien for unpaid assessments by recording a memorandum of lien, but only if it does so…

Virginia's § 55.1-1816 requires HOA board meetings to be open to all members of record, with published notice and a member right to record open portions; closed executive sessions are…

Virginia's § 55.1-1819 empowers a property owners' association to adopt and enforce rules governing the development, including architectural and use restrictions in the recorded…

Virginia's Property Owners' Association Act protects one flag and one flag only: the flag of the United States. Under Va. Code § 55.1-1820 no association may prohibit a lot owner from…

Virginia caps association fines by statute. Under Va. Code § 55.1-1819 D a charge may not exceed $50 for a single offense or $10 per day for a continuing offense, and a continuing…

Virginia does not stop a community association from restricting or even prohibiting leasing, because Va. Code § 55.1-1806 opens with an exception for anything expressly authorized in…

Virginia law enforcement runs sobriety checkpoints, and the General Assembly legislated on that fact in 2023, but no section of the Code of Virginia authorizes or regulates them. Va…

Virginia has no statute granting an express right to record police, and it does not need one, because Virginia is a one-party consent state. Va. Code § 19.2-62(B)(2) makes it no…

Virginia is not a stop-and-identify state. No section of the Code of Virginia requires a person stopped or detained on the street to give a name, and the General Assembly has never…

Virginia is one of the few states that answered the consent question by statute rather than leaving it to the courts. Va. Code § 4.1-1302 bars an officer from stopping, searching or…

Virginia Code 15.2-2288 and 15.2-2288.3 limit how localities may zone agricultural land, preserving by-right production and restricting special use permit requirements for bona fide…

Virginia Code 58.1-1745 authorizes counties and cities to impose a 5-cent tax on disposable plastic bags provided at grocery stores, convenience stores, and drugstores within their…

Virginia Code § 10.1-1424.3 phases out expanded polystyrene single-use food service containers: food vendors with 20 or more locations had to comply by July 1, 2025, and all food…

Virginia Code 18.2-371.2 prohibits selling tobacco, nicotine, and vapor products to anyone under 21, with active duty military members 18 and over exempted under state law.

Virginia runs a closed list. Va. Code 46.2-1020 names the extra lights a private vehicle may carry, and anything not on that list, not permitted elsewhere in the lighting article, and…

Virginia is one of the few states with a dash camera provision written into the vehicle code by name. Since 2023, subsection C of Va. Code 46.2-1054 says the obstructed-view law does…

Virginia does not permit lane splitting, and it does not treat the offense as a simple traffic ticket. Va. Code § 46.2-857 makes it reckless driving to drive any motor vehicle so as to…

Virginia bans any cover, frame, bracket, holder, mounting, or colored glass or plastic placed on, around, or over a license plate if it in any way alters or obscures the plate…

Virginia prohibits radar and laser detectors outright in every private vehicle. Va. Code 46.2-1079 makes it unlawful to operate a car equipped with any passive or active device that…

Virginia permits studded snow tires only between October 15 and April 15, and only on a vehicle whose gross weight does not exceed 10,000 pounds. The studs must project no more than…

Virginia lets you tint front side windows down to 50 percent light transmittance and rear side and rear windows down to 35 percent, and no window film anywhere on the car may reflect…