Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-1111 (2026)

Extension of loads beyond line of fender or body

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No vehicle shall carry any load extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fender or body. Nor shall such load exceed a total outside width as prescribed by §§ 46.2-1105 through 46.2-1109.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, watercraft carried on vehicles may extend more than six inches beyond the line of the fender or body of such vehicle if the total width of watercraft and the carrier upon which it is carried does not exceed seventy-six inches.

Code 1950, § 46-330; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-334; 1960, c. 280; 1979, c. 526; 1989, c. 727.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2011 · leading case: Morris v. City of Virginia Beach, 707 S.E.2d 479 (Va. Ct. App. 2011).

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Morris v. City of Virginia Beach, 707 S.E.2d 479 (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “2-1105(A)(4) (clarifying width restriction applies to “load thereon”); Code § 46.2-1111 (“Nor shall such load exceed a total outside width as prescribed by §§ 46.”

Lawson v. Doe, 391 S.E.2d 333 (Va. 1990). · cites it 4× “Code § 46.2-1111 provides that “[n]o vehicle shall carry any load extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fender or body.”

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