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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86714,"identifier":"3.2-3622","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3622","url":"\/3.2-3622\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3622\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3622","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner’s actions; injunction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3622","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall require the Commissioner<\/span> to report for prosecution<\/span>, or institute seizure proceedings, where the Commissioner<\/span> considers the violations of the chapter to be minor<\/span>. In such cases, the Commissioner<\/span> may serve a suitable notice of warning in writing, when he believes that the public interest will be best served by so doing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may apply for, and the court<\/span> to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction<\/span> restraining any person from violating, or continuing to violate, this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER’S ACTIONS; INJUNCTION (\u00a7 3.2-3622)\n\nA. Nothing in this chapter shall require the Commissioner to report for\nprosecution, or institute seizure proceedings, where the Commissioner considers\nthe violations of the chapter to be minor. In such cases, the Commissioner may\nserve a suitable notice of warning in writing, when he believes that the public\ninterest will be best served by so doing.\n\nB. The Commissioner may apply for, and the court to grant, a temporary or\npermanent injunction restraining any person from violating, or continuing to\nviolate, this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter,\nnotwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.17; 2008, c. 860.","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}}