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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 798<\/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":196351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68406,"identifier":"3.2-4217","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4217","url":"\/3.2-4217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4217\/","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disgorgement of profits for violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a court<\/span> determines that a person has violated this article, the court<\/span> shall order<\/span> any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this article are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISGORGEMENT OF PROFITS FOR VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-4217)\n\nIf a court determines that a person has violated this article, the court shall\norder any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to\nbe disgorged and paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise\nexpressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this article are\ncumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all\nother laws of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 798, \u00a7 3.1-336.15; 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}}