Light Bars & LED Lighting in Virginia
Virginia requires any lighting device that is not required, permitted, or Superintendent-approved to be either covered and unlit, or fitted with a clear lens and clear reflector and unlit, while on a highway.
Verified against primary sources · August 2026
What the law says
Auxiliary driving lights are limited to one or two and only if factory-equipped. Virginia is one of the few genuine cover states, though it offers the clear-lens alternative. This state requires the lamp covered and unlit, or fitted with a clear lens and unlit. Mounting a light bar is legal everywhere; what states regulate is using it on public roads, and the usual constraint is a mounting-height ceiling plus a per-type lamp count.
Specific Limits
- Max lamps
- 1-2 auxiliary driving lights and only if factory-equipped; max 2 fog lights lit
- Cover required
- covered and unlit, OR clear lens and clear reflector and unlit
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