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Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-303 (2026)

Licenses not required for operating road roller or farm tractor

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No person shall be required to obtain a driver's license to operate a road roller or road machinery used under the supervision and control of the Department of Transportation for construction or maintenance purposes. No person shall be required to obtain a driver's license for the purpose of operating any farm tractor, farm machinery, or vehicle defined in §§ 46.2-663 through 46.2-674, temporarily drawn, moved, or propelled on the highways. The term "road machinery" shall not include motor vehicles required to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Code 1950, § 46-348; 1952, c. 498; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-352; 1972, c. 346; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2007–2017 · leading case: Robert Ryan Grasty v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 807 S.E.2d 238 (Va. Ct. App. 2017).
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Robert Ryan Grasty v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 807 S.E.2d 238 (Va. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 7× “Grasty, however, produced a copy of Code § 46.2-303 for Officer Scott and asserted that he did not need a driver’s license under the circumstances because, at the time of the accident, he was a commercial fisherman operating a commercial fisherman’s vehicle.”
Meierotto v. Commonwealth, 646 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “2-308 exempts a resident, for the first sixty days of residence, who is duly licensed in another state.”
Aminata Carew v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 750 S.E.2d 226 (Va. Ct. App. 2013). “2-300 provides: No person, except those expressly exempted in §§ 46.2-303 through 46.2-308, shall drive any motor vehicle on any highway in the Commonwealth until such person has applied for a driver’s license, as provided in this article, satisfactorily passed the examination…”
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