{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-4126.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-4126.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-4126.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-4126.html"}],"law_id":73643,"edition_id":1,"section_id":73643,"structure_id":15132,"section_number":"3.2-4126","catch_line":"Civil penalties","history":"2023, cc. 744, 794.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), deny the application for a regulated hemp product retail facility registration or suspend or revoke the regulated hemp product retail facility registration of any person that violates a provision of this article.B\n\nAny person that (i) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product without first obtaining a registration to do so from the Commissioner in accordance with § 3.2-4122, (ii) continues to offer for sale or sell at retail a regulated hemp product after revocation or suspension of such registration, (iii) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that (a) contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that is greater than 0.3 percent or (b) contains more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package and does not contain an amount of cannabidiol that is at least 25 times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package, (iv) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product in violation of § 3.2-4123, or (v) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that is advertised or labeled as containing an industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid without a regulated hemp product retail facility registration is, in addition to any other penalties provided, subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day a violation occurs. Such penalty shall be collected by the Commissioner and the proceeds shall be payable to the State Treasurer for remittance to the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264854,"text":"The Commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), deny the application for a regulated hemp product retail facility registration or suspend or revoke the regulated hemp product retail facility registration of any person that violates a provision of this article.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":264855,"text":"Any person that (i) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product without first obtaining a registration to do so from the Commissioner in accordance with § 3.2-4122, (ii) continues to offer for sale or sell at retail a regulated hemp product after revocation or suspension of such registration, (iii) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that (a) contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that is greater than 0.3 percent or (b) contains more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package and does not contain an amount of cannabidiol that is at least 25 times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package, (iv) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product in violation of § 3.2-4123, or (v) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that is advertised or labeled as containing an industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid without a regulated hemp product retail facility registration is, in addition to any other penalties provided, subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day a violation occurs. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 744<\/a> and 794<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":68798,"section_number":"3.2-4122","catch_line":"Regulated hemp product retail facility registration; fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4122\/"},{"id":80435,"section_number":"3.2-4123","catch_line":"Product packaging, labeling, and testing","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4123\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73643,"identifier":"3.2-4126","token":"3.2\/III\/41.1\/4\/3.2-4126","url":"\/3.2-4126\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4126\/","token":"3.2\/III\/41.1\/4\/3.2-4126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may, in accordance with the Administrative Process<\/span> Act (§ 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.), deny the application for a regulated hemp product<\/span> retail facility registration or suspend or revoke the regulated hemp product<\/span> retail facility registration of any person that violates a provision of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person that (i) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product<\/span> without first obtaining a registration to do so from the Commissioner<\/span> in accordance with § 3.2-4122<\/a>, (ii) continues to offer for sale or sell at retail a regulated hemp product<\/span> after revocation<\/span> or suspension of such registration, (iii) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that (a) contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> concentration that is greater than 0.3 percent or (b) contains more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> per package and does not contain an amount of cannabidiol that is at least 25 times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> per package, (iv) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp product<\/span> in violation of § 3.2-4123<\/a>, or (v) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that is advertised or labeled as containing an industrial hemp<\/span>-derived cannabinoid without a regulated hemp product<\/span> retail facility registration is, in addition to any other penalties provided, subject to a civil penalty<\/span> not to exceed $10,000 for each day a violation occurs. Such penalty<\/span> shall be collected by the Commissioner<\/span> and the proceeds shall be payable to the State Treasurer for remittance to the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL PENALTIES (\u00a7 3.2-4126)\n\nA. The Commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Process Act\n(§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), deny the application for a regulated hemp product\nretail facility registration or suspend or revoke the regulated hemp product\nretail facility registration of any person that violates a provision of this\narticle.\n\nB. Any person that (i) offers for sale or sells at retail a regulated hemp\nproduct without first obtaining a registration to do so from the Commissioner in\naccordance with § 3.2-4122, (ii) continues to offer for sale or sell at\nretail a regulated hemp product after revocation or suspension of such\nregistration, (iii) offers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for\nhuman consumption, orally or by inhalation, that (a) contains a total\ntetrahydrocannabinol concentration that is greater than 0.3 percent or (b)\ncontains more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package and\ndoes not contain an amount of cannabidiol that is at least 25 times greater than\nthe amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package, (iv) offers for sale or\nsells at retail a regulated hemp product in violation of § 3.2-4123, or (v)\noffers for sale or sells at retail a substance intended for human consumption,\norally or by inhalation, that is advertised or labeled as containing an\nindustrial hemp-derived cannabinoid without a regulated hemp product retail\nfacility registration is, in addition to any other penalties provided, subject\nto a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day a violation occurs. Such\npenalty shall be collected by the Commissioner and the proceeds shall be payable\nto the State Treasurer for remittance to the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 744, 794.","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}}