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The Commission is empowered to suspend or revoke any Commission-issued license, certificate, registration, permit, or any other Commission-issued authority of any person who fails to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by an order of the Commission.\n\t\tWhenever no fine or other penalty is specifically imposed by statute for the failure of any such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an individual to comply with any provision of law or with any valid rule, regulation, or order of the Commission, the Commission may impose and collect from such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an individual a fine in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in the case of an individual, and in the case of a business conducted by any entity other than an individual not to exceed $10,000.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":294949,"text":"In all matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission, it shall have the powers of a court of record to administer oaths, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, to punish for contempt, and to enforce compliance with its lawful orders or requirements by adjudging and enforcing by its own appropriate process such fines or other penalties as may be prescribed or authorized by law.\n\t\tIn the administration and enforcement of all laws within its jurisdiction, the Commission shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations, to impose and collect such fines or other penalties as are provided by law, to enter appropriate orders, and to issue temporary and permanent injunctions. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 11; in 2000, chapter 986<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65576,"section_number":"55.1-1015","catch_line":"Penalties and liabilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1015\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":147345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82300,"identifier":"12.1-13","token":"12.1\/3\/12.1-13","url":"\/12.1-13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/12.1-13\/","token":"12.1\/3\/12.1-13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission to have powers of court of record; rules and regulations; fines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 12.1-13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In all matters within the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission, it shall have the powers of a court<\/span> of record to administer oaths<\/span>, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, to punish for contempt<\/span>, and to enforce compliance with its lawful orders<\/span> or requirements by adjudging and enforcing by its own appropriate process such fines or other penalties as may be prescribed or authorized by law<\/span>.\n\t\tIn the administration and enforcement of all laws<\/span> within its jurisdiction<\/span>, the Commission shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations, to impose and collect such fines or other penalties as are provided by law<\/span>, to enter appropriate orders<\/span>, and to issue<\/span> temporary and permanent injunctions<\/span>. The Commission is empowered to suspend or revoke any Commission-issued license, certificate, registration, permit, or any other Commission-issued authority of any person who fails to satisfy any fine or penalty<\/span> imposed by an order<\/span> of the Commission.\n\t\tWhenever no fine or other penalty<\/span> is specifically imposed by statute<\/span> for the failure of any such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an individual to comply with any provision of law<\/span> or with any valid rule, regulation, or order<\/span> of the Commission, the Commission may impose and collect from such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an individual a fine in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in the case of an individual, and in the case of a business conducted by any entity other than an individual not to exceed $10,000.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION TO HAVE POWERS OF COURT OF RECORD; RULES AND REGULATIONS; FINES (\u00a7\n12.1-13)\n\nIn all matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission, it shall have the\npowers of a court of record to administer oaths, to compel the attendance of\nwitnesses and the production of documents, to punish for contempt, and to\nenforce compliance with its lawful orders or requirements by adjudging and\nenforcing by its own appropriate process such fines or other penalties as may be\nprescribed or authorized by law.\n\t\tIn the administration and enforcement of all laws within its jurisdiction, the\nCommission shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations, to impose\nand collect such fines or other penalties as are provided by law, to enter\nappropriate orders, and to issue temporary and permanent injunctions. The\nCommission is empowered to suspend or revoke any Commission-issued license,\ncertificate, registration, permit, or any other Commission-issued authority of\nany person who fails to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by an order of the\nCommission.\n\t\tWhenever no fine or other penalty is specifically imposed by statute for the\nfailure of any such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an\nindividual to comply with any provision of law or with any valid rule,\nregulation, or order of the Commission, the Commission may impose and collect\nfrom such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an\nindividual a fine in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in the case of an\nindividual, and in the case of a business conducted by any entity other than an\nindividual not to exceed $10,000.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 12-14; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1992, c. 11; 2000, c.\n986.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}