Richmond, VA Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Program basis
- Va. Code § 15.2-968.1
- Max penalty
- $50, no court costs
- Administrator
- Chief Administrative Officer
- Data misuse penalty
- $1,000 civil fine
- Related program
- School zone speed cameras, Sec. 27-132
Summary
Richmond runs a traffic signal enforcement program using red light cameras under state authority, capping penalties at $50 per violation with no court costs and no license points, administered by the Chief Administrative Officer.
There is hereby established a traffic signal enforcement program pursuant to and in accordance with Code of Virginia, § 15.2-968.1. The program shall include the installation and operation of traffic light signal violation monitoring systems in a number up to the maximum number of traffic light signal violation monitoring systems permitted by State law...The operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary penalty imposed pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-968.1 and this section if such vehicle is found, as evidenced by information obtained from a traffic light signal violation monitoring system, to have failed to comply with a traffic light signal within the City. No monetary penalty imposed under this section shall exceed $50.00, nor shall it include court costs.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Recodification).
Full Breakdown
1, codified as Sec. 1, allowing installation and operation of traffic light signal violation monitoring systems, up to the maximum number state law permits, only after all statutory prerequisites are met at a given intersection. The Chief Administrative Officer has authority to implement the program, promulgate rules and regulations consistent with state law, and ensure the program's compliance. 1(I). 00 and excluding court costs, if the vehicle is shown by monitoring-system evidence to have run a red light within the City. 00 civil penalty. Richmond separately operates photo speed monitoring in active highway work zones, active school crossing zones, and certified high-risk intersection segments under Sec. 00 for later violations, revenue split between the City's Vision Zero Action Plan Fund and the Commonwealth Transportation Board depending on the camera location.
Violations & Fines
Running a red light captured by a monitoring system is a civil, not criminal, penalty capped at $50.00 with no court costs and prosecuted as a traffic infraction rather than assessed against a driver's license record. Unlawfully disclosing camera-collected personal data is a separate $1,000.00 civil penalty under Sec. 27-131(d)(2).
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