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If the Commissioner determines that the regulated product cannot be brought into compliance with the chapter, the Commissioner shall release the regulated product to be remanufactured, returned to the manufacturer, or destroyed.B\n\nThe Board may impose a civil penalty of up to $250 on any person violating a written or printed stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":283968,"text":"The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order to the owner or custodian of any lot of regulated product distributed in violation of this chapter. The Commissioner shall release for distribution the regulated product held under a stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order when the requirements of this chapter have been met. 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civil penalties","url":"\/3.2-3625\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3625","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":72042,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3618","catch_line":"Inspection, sampling and analysis; penalty","url":"\/3.2-3618\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3618","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":73611,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3620","catch_line":"Seizure and condemnation","url":"\/3.2-3620\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3620","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-3619\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/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. 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0564\">564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79315,"identifier":"3.2-3619","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3619","url":"\/3.2-3619\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3619\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3619","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stop sale, use, removal, or seizure orders; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3619","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> and enforce a written or printed <span class=\"dictionary\">stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order<\/span> to the owner or custodian of any <span class=\"dictionary\">lot<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> distributed in violation of this chapter. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall release for distribution the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> held under a <span class=\"dictionary\">stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order<\/span> when the requirements of this chapter have been met. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> determines that the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> cannot be brought into compliance with the chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall release the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> to be remanufactured, returned to the <span class=\"dictionary\">manufacturer<\/span>, or destroyed. <a id=\"paragraph-283968\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3619\/#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> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may impose a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> of up to $250 on any person violating a written or printed <span class=\"dictionary\">stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-283969\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3619\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTOP SALE, USE, REMOVAL, OR SEIZURE ORDERS; PENALTY (\u00a7 3.2-3619)\n\nA. The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use,\nremoval, or seizure order to the owner or custodian of any lot of regulated\nproduct distributed in violation of this chapter. The Commissioner shall release\nfor distribution the regulated product held under a stop sale, use, removal, or\nseizure order when the requirements of this chapter have been met. If the\nCommissioner determines that the regulated product cannot be brought into\ncompliance with the chapter, the Commissioner shall release the regulated\nproduct to be remanufactured, returned to the manufacturer, or destroyed.\n\nB. The Board may impose a civil penalty of up to $250 on any person violating a\nwritten or printed stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.15; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","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}}