Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg prohibits parking any vehicle built or used to haul caustic, flammable, explosive, or otherwise dangerous materials overnight on a residential street. The rule sits inside…

Where the fire official requires a designated fire apparatus access road, Lynchburg's fire code mandates permanent NO PARKING FIRE LANE signage and yellow-painted curbing within the…

Lynchburg bars any vehicle over 7,500 pounds gross weight, other than a passenger car, pickup, or panel truck, from parking on a residential street except while actively loading…

Lynchburg requires every parked vehicle to sit parallel to the curb, facing the direction of travel, with its wheels within six inches of the curb edge. City Code bans stopping in 14…

Lynchburg caps active loading and unloading in a marked loading zone at 30 minutes while zone restrictions are in effect. A driver who needs longer to load or unload materials must get…

Lynchburg lets residents petition to turn a residential block into a permit parking district when outside vehicles clog the street and create noise, pollution, or access problems. Once…

Lynchburg bans keeping an inoperative motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer outdoors and visible on residential, business or agricultural property. Owners get ten days' written notice…

Lynchburg lets homeowners park, but not live in, a travel trailer, boat, truck camper or RV in a residential yard as long as it stays behind the main house's building line and under 22…

Virginia law prohibits homeowner and condominium associations from banning electric vehicle charging stations on a unit owner's exclusive-use property, though associations may impose…

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…

Lynchburg's fire marshal can trigger a citywide fireworks ban through the city manager, announced publicly and lasting until a second announcement lifts it. Using, igniting or…

Recreational campfires are exempt from Lynchburg's open burning ban under City Code Sec. 4-62(b), covering fires used for camping, ceremonies, outdoor cooking, or warming outdoor…

Lynchburg bans open burning of household waste, refuse, tires, hazardous materials and commercial/industrial waste citywide. The fire marshal's office enforces the ban, and violators…

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…

Removing a tree from a Lynchburg treelawn, the strip between the sidewalk and street, requires a permit application filed with the urban forester first. The permit also obligates the…

Lynchburg's weed control ordinance defines "weeds" as any grass or other vegetation over 12 inches tall, excluding cultivated gardens and undisturbed woodland, and bars owners from…

When the city manager declares a Stage 2 water emergency, Lynchburg bans watering lawns, shrubs and other outdoor vegetation between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., with narrow exceptions for…

Lynchburg requires owners and occupants of property bordering a street to prune overhanging trees, shrubs and vegetation so they clear at least 8 feet over sidewalks and 14 feet over…

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…

Lynchburg bans dogs from running at large citywide, even if licensed and vaccinated, and any police officer must seize and impound a loose dog on sight, with owners facing a Class 4…

Lynchburg does not ban pet shops from selling dogs and cats, but every pet shop and companion-animal dealer has needed an annual $50 permit from the animal warden since January 1…

Lynchburg zones veterinary hospitals as a conditional use, not a permitted use, inside the B-3 Community Business District. City Code Section 35.2-46.3(f) says a vet hospital approved…

Outside the R-C district, Lynchburg's Exhibit VII-1 standards cap backyard hens at four on lots up to 15,000 square feet, adding one more per extra 5,000 square feet up to a 40-fowl…

Lynchburg does not ban any dog breed outright, but it singles out wolf and coyote hybrid canines for special regulation: an annual $50 permit, a two-animal cap for private owners…

Lynchburg requires every grooming table, bathing tub and grooming tool used on animals to be kept clean and sanitized between animals under City Code Sec. 7-124, and folds standalone…

Lynchburg does not license cats or restrict them from roaming at large the way it does dogs, but a cat that is destructive or a public nuisance, including excessive yowling, can be…

Lynchburg makes it unlawful to kill any sparrow, martin, wren or other bird within the city, though the ban does not cover English sparrows, starlings or pigeons, and any control of…

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.

Lynchburg's code requires every retaining wall to be adequately designed and drained so it can resist all the lateral pressure it will face. Chapter 17, Fences and Walls, Sec. 17-23…

Lynchburg caps fences and walls at four feet in any front yard or corner-lot exterior side and rear yard abutting a street, while side and rear yards elsewhere allow eight feet in…

Lynchburg bans barbed wire fencing below seven feet off the ground, prohibits any pointed fence that endangers public safety, and confines electric fences to non-residential…

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…

Lynchburg confines construction noise to daylight hours. Sound from building, repair, remodeling, demolition or grading work is exempt from the city's noise limits only between 7:00…

Lynchburg requires every vehicle on its streets to run a factory-standard or equivalent exhaust system that prevents excessive noise, and it separately outlaws gutted mufflers, muffler…

Lynchburg restricts power lawn and leaf-removal equipment to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. under the city's noise exemption for domestic power tools, and it requires the…

Lynchburg sets numeric noise ceilings by land use and time of day in Section 26-56: 55/50 dB(A) day/night in noise-sensitive zones, 57/52 in residential areas, 67/62 in parks and…

Lynchburg bars yelling, shouting, whistling and singing on public streets, sidewalks or private property between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and applies the same overnight curfew to…

Lynchburg bans operating any radio, stereo, loudspeaker or other sound-amplifying device, indoors or outdoors, at a volume that exceeds the maximum sound pressure levels set in Section…

Lynchburg treats a dog or cat that barks, meows, whines, howls or cries in an excessive, continuous or untimely fashion disturbing a neighbor as a public nuisance animal under City…

Lynchburg allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot in its R-1 and R-2 residential districts only when the property owner lives on site. Sec. 35.2-41.3(b) ties the ADU to owner…

Lynchburg's zoning ordinance confines sheds and other accessory buildings to rear or side yards, capping them at 30 percent of the required rear yard and holding them at least five…

Lynchburg zoning lets a single-household lot add one accessory dwelling unit, either tucked into the main house behind a shared entrance or built as a detached structure in the rear…

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.

Lynchburg allows home occupations such as licensed professional offices, personal or medical services, and artists or craftsmen, but caps the business at 20 percent of the house's…

A Lynchburg home caring for fewer than six children or adults is a by-right "small family day home" needing only state licensure, but caring for five to 12 children, or up to 12…

Lynchburg's home occupation rule bars serving walk-in customers: clients can only visit by appointment, never on a drop-by basis, and licensed professional and personal-service home…

Lynchburg caps a home-based business's identification sign at one square foot, wall-mounted flat to the building, with no artificial lighting to illuminate it, under Zoning Ordinance…

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…

Every Lynchburg short-term rental host must register the dwelling with the Zoning Administrator by July 1 each year and pay a one-time $150 processing fee under Sec. 35.2-71.16(a)…

Lynchburg caps every short-term rental at four unrelated occupants under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 35.2-71.16(c). Related occupants can share a rental with only one unrelated addition, and…

Lynchburg exempts short-term rentals from its off-street parking and loading standards entirely. Sec. 35.2-71.16 states short-term rentals are exempt from section 35.2-62, so a host…

Three violations tied to a Lynchburg short-term rental within a three-year window end the right to operate it. Sec. 35.2-71.16(e) triggers revocation after the third offense, but only…

Lynchburg levies a transient lodging tax of 6.5 percent of the lodging charge plus a flat $1.00 per room per night on every "hotel," a term the code defines broadly to include tourist…

Lynchburg requires fencing capable of restricting access at outdoor swimming pools operated as recreation facilities, such as club, HOA or apartment-complex pools, whenever the pool…

A Lynchburg homeowner needs a building permit before installing a pool under Sec. 35.2-6.1(b), the Zoning Ordinance's general permit requirement for any structure. As a private…

Lynchburg requires child and adult care centers in residential districts to provide enclosed outdoor recreation space, controlled street access for safe drop-off, and minimum parking…

Lynchburg's inspections division runs mandatory periodic inspections of every residential rental unit inside six designated census-tract districts under City Code Sec. 11-163, issuing…

No building or structure in Lynchburg may be erected, enlarged or altered until the owner has met site plan requirements and obtained a building permit, under Zoning Ordinance Sec…

Electrical work in Lynchburg falls under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, adopted wholesale by Sec. 11-2, and the city layers on its own permit rules: a licensed master…

Lynchburg requires a licensed master plumber to hold a permit and stay in control of any plumbing work performed in the city. City Code Sec. 11-78 mandates a master tradesman on…

Lynchburg landlords must keep painted surfaces compliant with the Maintenance Code's lead-hazard-control standard under City Code Sec. 11-9(c), and any building built before 1978 must…

Lynchburg bars minors under 18 from public places, parked vehicles or business premises between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Exceptions cover parent accompaniment, work, school and…

Lynchburg closes its public parks between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code Sec. 28-4, making it unlawful to enter park property during those hours without the city manager's…

City Code Sec. 11-161 requires every residential rental dwelling unit in the city's designated rental inspection districts to meet minimum habitable standards drawn from Part III of…

Owners and managing agents of rental units inside Lynchburg's inspection districts must notify the inspections division in writing every year by January 1, and again within 60 days of…

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…

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…

Dumping solid waste on someone else's property, in public places, or on any street or highway in Lynchburg is unlawful, and mail or other identifying material found in the waste…

Lynchburg limits when trash carts can sit at the curb: no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before collection and pulled back in by 7 p.m. on collection day, and containers cannot block…

Any recyclable material accepted under a Lynchburg recycling program, city-run or private, must be separated from regular trash for pickup under criteria the city manager sets. The…

Lynchburg caps ordinary yard waste bundles at four feet long, fifteen inches across and fifty pounds when collected with regular trash. During special yard waste pickups the limit…

Lynchburg's B-1 Limited Business District rules require any dumpster on a lot abutting a residential zoning district to sit at least 25 feet back from the residential property line and…

Lynchburg does not skip a week of trash collection for holidays: New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas do not reduce the once-a-week pickup, though the specific…

Lynchburg requires all curbside solid waste to be bagged and kept in a covered, city-approved container, with ashes cooled and separated and sharp objects boxed. Trash carts and bags…

Lynchburg bans dumping unauthorized waste into public trash or recycling bins and bars anyone from removing recyclables once they are placed in a city recycling bin, with…

Lynchburg provides curbside trash collection once a week for residential customers, with twice-weekly pickup for Central Business District businesses that lack room for a dumpster.

Lynchburg collects bulk furniture and white goods like stoves and refrigerators from the curb once per month per address, with size caps and refrigerant handling rules for appliances.

Lynchburg junk dealers and junk collectors keep a written register of every purchase, recording the seller's name, address, purchase date, and a full description of the items bought…

Lynchburg does not run its own pawnshop code: Sec. 23-7 adopts the Code of Virginia's pawnbroker statute by reference and enforces it within the city. On top of that state license, the…

Lynchburg zoning does not list auto repair among the home occupations a resident may run. Home occupations are capped at professional offices, licensed personal or medical services…

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.

Lynchburg makes it a class 4 misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in public or in any place open to public view, unless the act takes place in a bathroom, restroom or other facility…

Lynchburg pedestrians must cross at an intersection or marked crosswalk whenever possible, but the code does not automatically brand a mid-block crossing negligent when no crosswalk…

Lynchburg makes it a class 4 misdemeanor to drink or hold an open container of alcohol in any city park, playground, public street, or school ground, including inside a parked vehicle…

Lynchburg bars aggressive panhandling citywide, panhandling within 15 feet of an ATM, panhandling from vehicles in travel lanes, and soliciting on private property without the owner's…

Lynchburg's obstruction ordinance defines loitering as standing, remaining, parking or congregating in a public place or place open to the public while engaging in conduct that hinders…

Lynchburg bans "roller skates, toys or other devices on wheels or runners," a category that covers skateboards, from streets and highways outside sidewalks unless the city manager has…

A Lynchburg tenant can trigger a rental inspection outside the normal once-a-year cycle by filing a complaint; Sec. 11-166(d) lets the building maintenance official investigate any…

Lynchburg runs a mandatory Residential Rental Property Inspection Program in six designated census-tract districts under Sec. 11-163, with the inspections division cycling through…

Lynchburg requires a land-disturbance approval before any construction that disturbs 1,000 square feet or more of land, under the city's Erosion and Stormwater Management Ordinance…

Chapter 16.2 of Lynchburg's code bars anyone from putting anything other than stormwater into the city's municipal separate storm sewer system, listing sewage, oil, paint, fertilizer…

Lynchburg requires new and substantially improved homes in mapped AE and A flood zones to elevate their lowest floor, including the basement, to at least 12 inches above the base flood…

Any use, activity, or development in a Lynchburg floodplain district, including replacing a manufactured home, needs a permit before work starts. The floodplain administrator reviews…

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…

Lynchburg requires a written police permit before anyone holds a parade, demonstration, or public assembly of more than ten people on city streets, sidewalks, or public property…

Public assemblies, demonstrations, and parades held in a Lynchburg park or recreation area need a written permit under City Code Sec. 25-375.2(b)(9), issued by the parks and recreation…

Lynchburg businesses in the downtown business district can place tables, chairs, benches and merchandise displays on the public sidewalk only with an annual right-of-way permit issued…

Anyone running a carnival, circus, festival or fair in Lynchburg must build in a 20-foot-wide access lane rated for fire and rescue apparatus, reaching within 50 feet of every booth…

Beyond the citywide 12-inch weed limit, Lynchburg's weed control ordinance singles out undeveloped land: weeds must be cut on property zoned for agricultural or conservation use, on…

A Lynchburg building left vacant, boarded up and disconnected from utilities for over 12 months can be declared "derelict" under City Code Sec. 11-160.1, forcing the owner to file a…

Lynchburg cyclists must ride as close as practicable to the right-hand side of the roadway, may not ride two abreast except on a path or street portion set aside exclusively for…

Any company deploying dockless scooters or e-bikes on Lynchburg's public ways needs a City Manager permit under Code Sec. 10-54, and operating without one draws a civil penalty of up…

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…

Anyone who wants to peddle door-to-door in Lynchburg must first get a permit from the chief of police under City Code Sec. 29-19, a process that requires fingerprinting, a photograph…

Lynchburg lets residents block door-to-door sales by posting a sign reading 'No Peddlers Allowed' or 'No Solicitations Allowed.' City Code Sec. 29-3 makes it unlawful for any peddler…

Lynchburg lets any property owner display political signs promoting a candidate or ballot issue in every zoning district, but Sec. 35.2-64.10 bars placement on utility poles, traffic…

Lynchburg's Zoning Ordinance limits a yard sale to a single on-site sign of three square feet or less, which must come down at the end of each sale day. Signs advertising a yard sale…

A billboard within 300 feet of a limited-access highway's centerline that is readable from the road must sit at least 500 feet from any exit ramp under Sec. 35.2-64.16(b), and…

Lynchburg allows commercial electronic billboards by right in its I-2 and I-3 industrial districts, and lets an existing B-5 billboard convert to digital, under Sec. 35.2-64.16(j)…

Lynchburg regulates storefront window signs through its Zoning Ordinance rather than a stand-alone sign-area cap: under Sec. 35.2-64.7(b), a window sign covering more than 25 percent…

Lynchburg lets a building or structure that already encroaches on a public street or sidewalk stay in place under City Code Sec. 35-2.1, so long as it doesn't block travel or become a…

Lynchburg puts sidewalk upkeep squarely on the abutting property owner. City Code Sec. 35-61 requires the owner or occupant of any real property abutting a public sidewalk, step…

Lynchburg bans placing anything in a street or sidewalk that hinders pedestrians or vehicles under City Code Sec. 35-8, with each hour of an ongoing obstruction judged a separate…

Lynchburg's Zoning Ordinance requires a mandatory property owners' association's incorporation documents to spell out exactly how each parcel will be assessed for its share of…

Lynchburg requires developers of a residential cluster, planned unit or traditional neighborhood development, or any project with common open space, to form a property owners'…

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…

Lynchburg's Historic Preservation Commission designates an official marker for any building, structure, or landmark recognized as a historic district resource, and only the HPC can…

Lynchburg taxes hotel and short-term lodging stays at 6.5 percent of the room charge plus a flat $1.00 per room per night, collected by the operator from every transient guest under…

Lynchburg requires nearly all new exterior lighting on non-residential and multi-household properties to use full cut-off fixtures with the light source completely shielded, and to be…

Lynchburg caps spillover lighting at any residential property line at 0.5 footcandles, measured both horizontally and vertically at the line itself, under Zoning Ordinance Sec…

Lynchburg requires every lit billboard to use enclosed, shaded, or indirect fixtures so they do not interfere with drivers' or neighbors' vision, limits illumination to white light…

When a Lynchburg subdivision dedicates a new City street, the developer must plant shade trees every 40 feet of street centerline, or ornamental trees every 30 feet, inside the public…

Lynchburg makes it a class 2 misdemeanor to damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree on public property without the urban forester's authorization, and the violator also owes…

Lynchburg's Conservation (R-C) district is the only zone where large-scale farming is a by-right land use: raising cattle, goats, horses or five or more poultry or game animals is…

Lynchburg measures every yard setback as the shortest horizontal distance from the property line to the nearest wall, then applies district-specific minimums, 40 feet front, 15 feet…

Lynchburg caps building coverage in its low-density R-1 residential district at 20.2 percent of lot area. Exhibit IV-4 to Sec. 35.2-41.4 sets that ceiling alongside the district's…

Lynchburg caps most residential building height at 40 feet under the R-1 development standards, while apartment and institutional buildings in the R-4, B-1, B-3 and IN-1 districts can…

Lynchburg requires sharp waste like broken glass and fluorescent tubes to go in an approved rigid waste container, never a plastic collection bag. Needles get their own instruction: a…

Lynchburg's nuisance ordinance names any condition that shelters rats, mice, snakes or other vermin a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 26-2(c). The community development department…

Lynchburg's zoning code allows only two yard sales per calendar year at any residential street address, each capped at two consecutive days with a mandatory four-month gap between…

Lynchburg exempts any business or profession with $150,000.00 or less in prior-year gross receipts, wholesale sales, purchases, or commission sales from the city's business and…

Lynchburg lets R-4 multi-household developments build well beyond the district's base 21.78 units per acre, up to 29 units per acre and 60 feet in height, by earning bonuses under…

In Lynchburg's B-4 Urban Commercial District, which covers downtown, Section 35.2-47.4(d) directs that new construction and redevelopment inside a local, state or national historic…

Lynchburg confines mobile food trucks and trailers to the B-3, B-4, B-5, IN-2, I-1 and I-2 zoning districts, while food carts may operate only in B-1, B-3, B-4, B-5, IN-1 and IN-2…

Lynchburg requires every food truck, trailer or cart to hold a City business license before operating and renew it annually under Sec. 35.2-72.27(d). The application must include a…

Lynchburg bars anyone from loitering, sitting or lying on public sidewalks, streets or rights-of-way in a way that unreasonably hinders pedestrian or vehicle traffic. Section 27-1.1…

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…

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 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'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…

Solar panel installations in Virginia require permits issued locally but governed by the statewide Uniform Statewide Building Code and electrical code.

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…