Brakes on trailers and other towed vehicles.
Norfolk City Code § 25-45
in effectSec. 25-45. - Brakes on trailers and other towed vehicles.
(1) Every semitrailer or trailer or separate vehicle attached by a drawbar, chain or coupling to a towing vehicle, other than a farm tractor or a vehicle not required to obtain an annual registration certificate for license plates under section 46.2-663 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, and having an actual gross weight of three thousand (3,000) pounds or more, shall be equipped with brakes controlled or operated by the driver of the towing vehicle which shall conform to the specifications set forth in section 25-42 and shall be of a type approved by the superintendent. Farm trailers used exclusively for hauling raw agricultural produce from farm to farm or farm to packing shed or processing plant, within the normal growing area of such packing shed or processing plant, and trailers or semitrailers drawn by a properly licensed motor vehicle which are exempt under the provisions of section 46.2-663 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
(2) "Gross weight," for the purpose of this section, includes the load upon such semitrailer, trailer or separate vehicle.
(3) This section shall not apply to any vehicle being towed for repairs or repossession, or in a bona fide emergency, or being moved by a wrecker when two (2) wheels of the towed vehicle are off the ground.
(Code 1958, § 29-763)
Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH25MOVECO_ARTIIVEEQ_DIV1GE_S25-45BRTROTTOVEFetched: 11/1/2026