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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1974 \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 1994, chapter 649<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81769,"identifier":"3.2-3713","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3713","url":"\/3.2-3713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3713\/","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner’s actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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 this 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.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER’S ACTIONS (\u00a7 3.2-3713)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall require the Commissioner to report for\nprosecution, or institute seizure proceedings, where the Commissioner considers\nthe violations of this 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\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 647, \u00a7 3.1-126.8; 1994, c. 649; 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}}