{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-2833.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-2833.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-2833.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-2833.html"}],"law_id":79209,"edition_id":1,"section_id":79209,"structure_id":14823,"section_number":"15.2-2833","catch_line":"Enforcement of ordinances","history":"2009, cc. 153, 154.","full_text":"A\n\nAny ordinance may provide a civil penalty of not more than $25 for violations of any provision of such ordinance.B\n\nAny ordinance may provide that no person shall smoke in a designated no-smoking area and any person who continues to smoke in such area after being asked to refrain from smoking may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25.C\n\nAny ordinance shall provide that any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a 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authorized","url":"\/15.2-2831\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2831","metadata":false},{"id":79145,"structure_id":14823,"section_number":"15.2-2832","catch_line":"Regulation of smoking; posting of signs","url":"\/15.2-2832\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2832","metadata":false},{"id":79209,"structure_id":14823,"section_number":"15.2-2833","catch_line":"Enforcement of ordinances","url":"\/15.2-2833\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2833","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":79145,"structure_id":14823,"section_number":"15.2-2832","catch_line":"Regulation of smoking; posting of signs","url":"\/15.2-2832\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2832","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-2833\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0153\">153<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0154\">154<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156353,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79209,"identifier":"15.2-2833","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2833","url":"\/15.2-2833\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2833\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2833","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2833","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may provide a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> of not more than $25 for violations of any provision of such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-283639\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2833\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may provide that no person shall <span class=\"dictionary\">smoke<\/span> in a designated no-<span class=\"dictionary\">smoking<\/span> area and any person who continues to <span class=\"dictionary\">smoke<\/span> in such area after being asked to refrain from <span class=\"dictionary\">smoking<\/span> may be subject to a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> of not more than $25. <a id=\"paragraph-283640\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2833\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall provide that any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> regarding a violation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-283641\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2833\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the treasury of the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> where the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> occurred and shall be expended solely for public health purposes. <a id=\"paragraph-283642\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2833\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES (\u00a7 15.2-2833)\n\nA. Any ordinance may provide a civil penalty of not more than $25 for violations\nof any provision of such ordinance.\n\nB. Any ordinance may provide that no person shall smoke in a designated\nno-smoking area and any person who continues to smoke in such area after being\nasked to refrain from smoking may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than\n$25.\n\nC. Any ordinance shall provide that any law-enforcement officer may issue a\nsummons regarding a violation of the ordinance.\n\nD. Any civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the\ntreasury of the locality where the offense occurred and shall be expended solely\nfor public health purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.","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}}