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It has been modified 10 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 1954, chapter 529; in 1956, chapters 218 and 664; in 1958, chapters 279 and 328; in 1960, chapter 606; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1974, chapter 598; in 1976, chapter 582; in 1978, chapter 150; in 1991, chapters 25, 609, and 710; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59910,"section_number":"58.1-3723","catch_line":"Penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3723\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80359,"identifier":"15.2-1429","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/4\/15.2-1429","url":"\/15.2-1429\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1429\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/4\/15.2-1429","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties for violation of ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1429","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may prescribe fines and other punishments for violations of <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>, which shall be enforced by proceedings as if such violations were <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanors<\/span>. However, no fine or term of confinement for the violation of <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> shall exceed the penalties provided by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> for the violation of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>, and such penalties shall not exceed those penalties prescribed by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> for like <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES (\u00a7 15.2-1429)\n\nAny locality may prescribe fines and other punishments for violations of\nordinances, which shall be enforced by proceedings as if such violations were\nmisdemeanors. However, no fine or term of confinement for the violation of\nordinances shall exceed the penalties provided by general law for the violation\nof a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such penalties shall not exceed those penalties\nprescribed by general law for like offenses.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 15-8, 15-77.64; 1954, c. 529; 1956, cc. 218, 664; 1956,\nEx. Sess., c. 40; 1958, cc. 279, 328; 1960, c. 606; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-505,\n15.1-901; 1974, c. 598; 1976, c. 582; 1978, c. 150; 1991, cc. 25, 609, 710;\n1997, c. 587.","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}}