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Any such violation shall be deemed a Class 1 misdemeanor, and any owner, or any other person, firm, or corporation convicted of such violation shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 18.2-11.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":304573,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any owner or any other person, firm, or corporation, on or after the effective date of any Code provisions, to violate any provisions of the Fire Prevention Code. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 429 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. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87024,"section_number":"18.2-11","catch_line":"Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-11\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84974,"identifier":"27-100","token":"27\/9\/27-100","url":"\/27-100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-100\/","token":"27\/9\/27-100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violation a misdemeanor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any owner or any other person, firm, or corporation, on or after the effective date of any <span class=\"dictionary\">Code provisions<\/span>, to violate any provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Fire Prevention Code<\/span>. Any such violation shall be deemed a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>, and any owner, or any other person, firm, or corporation convicted of such violation shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor\" href=\"\/18.2-11\/\">18.2-11<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR (\u00a7 27-100)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any owner or any other person, firm, or corporation, on\nor after the effective date of any Code provisions, to violate any provisions of\nthe Fire Prevention Code. Any such violation shall be deemed a Class 1\nmisdemeanor, and any owner, or any other person, firm, or corporation convicted\nof such violation shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\n18.2-11.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 429.","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}}