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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 406 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 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1989, chapter 421; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191891,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85115,"identifier":"28.2-903","token":"28.2\/II\/9\/28.2-903","url":"\/28.2-903\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-903\/","token":"28.2\/II\/9\/28.2-903","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations constitute misdemeanor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-903","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation promulgated thereunder, unless otherwise specifically provided, is a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. A second or subsequent violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation promulgated thereunder committed by the same person within twelve months of a prior violation is a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS CONSTITUTE MISDEMEANOR (\u00a7 28.2-903)\n\nA violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation promulgated\nthereunder, unless otherwise specifically provided, is a Class 3 misdemeanor. A\nsecond or subsequent violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation\npromulgated thereunder committed by the same person within twelve months of a\nprior violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-187; 1989, c. 421; 1992, c. 836.","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}}