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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1966, chapter 702; in 2002, chapter 185<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82561,"section_number":"3.2-5200","catch_line":"Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5200\/"},{"id":62290,"section_number":"3.2-5400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76620,"identifier":"3.2-5145","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/4\/3.2-5145","url":"\/3.2-5145\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5145\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/4\/3.2-5145","dublin_core":{"Title":"Punishment for failure to comply with requirements of certain chapters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5145","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who refuses to comply upon demand with the requirements of this chapter and Chapters 52 (\u00a7 3.2-5200<\/a> et seq.) and 54 (\u00a7 3.2-5400<\/a> et seq.) who shall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent any inspector or other person in the performance of his duty in connection with such chapters, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>, unless otherwise specified, and such fines, less the legal costs, shall be paid into the state treasury.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUNISHMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN CHAPTERS (\u00a7\n3.2-5145)\n\nAny person who refuses to comply upon demand with the requirements of this\nchapter and Chapters 52 (\u00a7 3.2-5200 et seq.) and 54 (\u00a7 3.2-5400 et seq.) who\nshall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent any\ninspector or other person in the performance of his duty in connection with such\nchapters, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified, and\nsuch fines, less the legal costs, shall be paid into the state treasury.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-339; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-418; 2002, c. 185; 2008, c.\n860.","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}}