{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-4206.01.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-4206.01.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-4206.01.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-4206.01.html"}],"law_id":70883,"edition_id":1,"section_id":70883,"structure_id":14890,"section_number":"3.2-4206.01","catch_line":"List of persons ineligible to be authorized holders","history":"2015, cc. 738, 754.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Attorney General shall develop and publish on its website a list of individuals who are ineligible to be authorized holders as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-1000. The Attorney General shall update the list as necessary to add names of individuals who are no longer eligible to be authorized holders. Upon request, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall provide the Attorney General with assistance to ensure that the requirements of this section are met.B\n\nAny attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement officer, or other person may submit a request to the Attorney General that a person be included on the list and shall submit a certified court order of the conviction that makes the person ineligible to be an authorized holder of cigarettes.C\n\nNothing in this section shall impose an affirmative duty on the Attorney General to identify persons to be included on the list who are ineligible to be authorized holders of cigarettes due to a conviction in another state, in the absence of a request received from an attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement officer, or other person.D\n\nNo liability shall be imposed upon the Attorney General for any omissions or the incorrect inclusion of any individual on the listing required under subsection A. No liability shall be imposed upon any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement official who provides information to the Attorney General in accordance with subsection B. This provision shall not be construed to grant immunity for gross negligence or willful misconduct.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":255586,"text":"The Attorney General shall develop and publish on its website a list of individuals who are ineligible to be authorized holders as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-1000. The Attorney General shall update the list as necessary to add names of individuals who are no longer eligible to be authorized holders. Upon request, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall provide the Attorney General with assistance to ensure that the requirements of this section are met.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":255587,"text":"Any attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement officer, or other person may submit a request to the Attorney General that a person be included on the list and shall submit a certified court order of the conviction that makes the person ineligible to be an authorized holder of cigarettes.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":255588,"text":"Nothing in this section shall impose an affirmative duty on the Attorney General to identify persons to be included on the list who are ineligible to be authorized holders of cigarettes due to a conviction in another state, in the absence of a request received from an attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement officer, or other person.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":255589,"text":"No liability shall be imposed upon the Attorney General for any omissions or the incorrect inclusion of any individual on the listing required under subsection A. No liability shall be imposed upon any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement official who provides information to the Attorney General in accordance with subsection B. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0738\">738<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0754\">754<\/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":77273,"section_number":"58.1-1000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70883,"identifier":"3.2-4206.01","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4206.01","url":"\/3.2-4206.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4206.01\/","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4206.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"List of persons ineligible to be authorized holders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4206.01","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\">Attorney General<\/span> shall develop and publish on its website a list of individuals who are ineligible to be authorized holders as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-1000\/\">58.1-1000<\/a>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> shall update the list as necessary to add names of individuals who are no longer eligible to be authorized holders. Upon request, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> shall provide the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> with assistance to ensure that the requirements of this section are met. <a id=\"paragraph-255586\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4206.01\/#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> Any attorney for the Commonwealth, <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer, or other person may submit a request to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> that a person be included on the list and shall submit a certified <span class=\"dictionary\">court order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> that makes the person ineligible to be an authorized holder of cigarettes. <a id=\"paragraph-255587\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4206.01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall impose an affirmative duty on the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> to identify persons to be included on the list who are ineligible to be authorized holders of cigarettes due to a <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> in another state, in the absence of a request received from an attorney for the Commonwealth, <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer, or other person. <a id=\"paragraph-255588\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4206.01\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> No liability shall be imposed upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> for any omissions or the incorrect inclusion of any individual on the listing required under subsection A. No liability shall be imposed upon any attorney for the Commonwealth or <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement official who provides information to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> in accordance with subsection B. This provision shall not be construed to grant immunity for gross <span class=\"dictionary\">negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct. <a id=\"paragraph-255589\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4206.01\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIST OF PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO BE AUTHORIZED HOLDERS (\u00a7 3.2-4206.01)\n\nA. The Attorney General shall develop and publish on its website a list of\nindividuals who are ineligible to be authorized holders as defined in &#xA7;\n58.1-1000. The Attorney General shall update the list as necessary to add names\nof individuals who are no longer eligible to be authorized holders. Upon\nrequest, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall\nprovide the Attorney General with assistance to ensure that the requirements of\nthis section are met.\n\nB. Any attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement officer, or other person\nmay submit a request to the Attorney General that a person be included on the\nlist and shall submit a certified court order of the conviction that makes the\nperson ineligible to be an authorized holder of cigarettes.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall impose an affirmative duty on the Attorney\nGeneral to identify persons to be included on the list who are ineligible to be\nauthorized holders of cigarettes due to a conviction in another state, in the\nabsence of a request received from an attorney for the Commonwealth,\nlaw-enforcement officer, or other person.\n\nD. No liability shall be imposed upon the Attorney General for any omissions or\nthe incorrect inclusion of any individual on the listing required under\nsubsection A. No liability shall be imposed upon any attorney for the\nCommonwealth or law-enforcement official who provides information to the\nAttorney General in accordance with subsection B. This provision shall not be\nconstrued to grant immunity for gross negligence or willful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 738, 754.","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}}