{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-3810.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-3810.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-3810.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-3810.html"}],"law_id":80888,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80888,"structure_id":14814,"section_number":"3.2-3810","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2027) Penalty for violation","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-178.18, 3-178.19; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-152, 3.1-153; 1980, c. 291, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-188.36, 3.1-188.46, 3.1-188.47; 1988, c. 552; 2008, c. 860; 2025, cc. 393, 409.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Commissioner may refuse, suspend, or cancel any license upon satisfactory evidence that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.B\n\nExcept as provided in &#xA7; 3.2-3801.1, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder or interfering in any way with the Commissioner in the discharge of his duties herein is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289943,"text":"The Commissioner may refuse, suspend, or cancel any license upon satisfactory evidence that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":289944,"text":"Except as provided in &#xA7; 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It has been modified 6 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 1964, chapter 476; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1980, chapter 291; in 1988, chapter 552; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2025, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0393\">393<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0409\">409<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75507,"section_number":"3.2-3803","catch_line":"Licenses required of nurserymen or dealers; inspection fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3803\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74438,"section_number":"3.2-3801.1","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2027) Invasive plants sold by retail establishments; signage requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3801.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80888,"identifier":"3.2-3810","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3810","url":"\/3.2-3810\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3810\/","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3810","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective January 1, 2027) Penalty for violation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3810","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 refuse, suspend, or cancel any license upon satisfactory <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder. <a id=\"paragraph-289943\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3810\/#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> Except as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective January 1, 2027) Invasive plants sold by retail establishments; signage requirements\" href=\"\/3.2-3801.1\/\">3.2-3801.1<\/a>, any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> violating any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder or interfering in any way with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> in the discharge of his duties herein is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-289944\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3810\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION (\u00a7 3.2-3810)\n\nA. The Commissioner may refuse, suspend, or cancel any license upon satisfactory\nevidence that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the provisions of\nthis chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.\n\nB. Except as provided in &#xA7; 3.2-3801.1, any person violating any of the\nprovisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder or interfering in\nany way with the Commissioner in the discharge of his duties herein is guilty of\na Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-178.18, 3-178.19; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7\u00a7\n3.1-152, 3.1-153; 1980, c. 291, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-188.36, 3.1-188.46, 3.1-188.47; 1988,\nc. 552; 2008, c. 860; 2025, cc. 393, 409.","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}}